Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
As someone can lose their heart to a person who is not their partner,
as a greedy person loves only money,
and as someone full of wanting can think only of the one they desire,
so Namdev loves Muraaree, the One.
A heart can be swept up in the One as completely as people get swept up in strong wants.
The verse gives three pictures of strong grown-up longings. Someone is drawn to a person who is not their partner. A greedy person thinks only of money. Another is ruled by desire. Each is so swept up that nothing else gets their attention.
"aisee naamay pareet muraaree" — just so is Namdev's love for Muraaree, a name for the One. The verse does not praise those longings. It borrows only their strength. Think of someone so lost in a video game that dinner goes cold. Namdev turns that same full focus toward the One.
What is something that fills your mind so completely you forget the time?
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