Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It has made itself the mistress of my house and won't let me live there.
If I try, it picks a fight.
Something meant to be a guest has taken over the house.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line at the center of the shabad. Ghar kee naa-ik ghar vaas na dayvai — she has made herself the boss of my home and will not let me live in it. Jatan kara-o urjhaa-ay parayvai — if I try, she picks a fight.
Maya, the pull of worldly things, should be a guest. Instead she has taken over. Think of a game you meant to play for ten minutes. Soon it is deciding when you eat and sleep, and it complains when you try to stop. The soul has been pushed out of its own home by the very thing it was meant to be in charge of.
Has something small in your life slowly taken over more than its share?
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