Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The deer does not know the secret.
The sweet-smelling musk is inside its own body, but it goes hunting for it far away.
Whoever looks deeply into their own self —
death cannot push that person around.
The treasure we look for everywhere is already inside us.
Ravi Daas tells this through the musk deer. A musk deer carries a sweet smell in its own body. But it does not know that. tan suganDh dhoodhai pardays — the scent is in its body, yet it searches far away. It runs through the forest sniffing everywhere.
We do the same. We look for happiness in new games, clothes and praise. Ravi Daas says: look inside. ap tan kaa jo karay beechaar — whoever thinks deeply about their own inner self. The jamkankar, the messenger of death, cannot trouble that person. They are not afraid anymore.
What is something good you already carry inside that you sometimes forget is there?
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