Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Lost in ego, in Maya and in clinging, a person earns pain and lives on pain.
Deep inside is greed, a heavy, raging sickness, like a dog gone wild with fever. Without the sense to tell right from wrong, they wander around.
Ego and clinging earn only pain, and greed is a sickness that sends the mind wandering.
Guru Amar Das names what goes wrong. Haumai means the feeling of being a separate "me" who must come first. Maa-i-aa moh means clinging to the things of the world. Lost in these, a person earns hurt and lives on hurt.
Then he names lobh, greed, the wanting of more and more. Halak is the raging fever of a dog gone wild. It is a heavy sickness inside, and a sickness can get better.
Bin bibayk bharmaa-ay: without bibayk, the mind wanders. Bibayk means being able to tell what is true from what only looks shiny. Think of a magpie that grabs every shiny thing, even bottle caps. With bibayk, you can tell a bottle cap from gold.
What is something you wanted badly that didn't make you feel full once you had it?
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