Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The fire is unclean, and the water is unclean. The place where you sit and cook is unclean.
The ladle that serves the food is unclean, and the one who sits down to eat it is unclean too.
Even fire and water fail this test, and those are the very things people use to make things clean.
agan bhee joothee paanee joothaa — the fire is unclean and the water is unclean. The place where you cook is unclean. The ladle that serves the food is unclean. The person who eats is unclean too.
Imagine washing your hands, then being told the soap and the water are dirty as well. There is no way to finish. Once you start counting what is "unclean," nothing can escape. So the problem must be the counting itself.
What is a better way to tell whether something — or someone — is good?
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