Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Working and working like this, a person gets only pain, and the jobs of Maya are never finished.
His mind is soaked in wanting, anger and greed. He flops like a fish out of water, until he dies.
Working only for things that never satisfy leaves us tired and hurting.
The verse says that kind of work is never finished. There is always one more thing to get. The mind fills up with kaam, strong wanting, kroDh, anger, and lobh, greed. These stir us up inside, like a shaken snow globe.
Then comes the picture of a fish out of water, flopping on dry land until it dies. A fish needs water to live. That is how out of place a life feels when it is far from the One.
What place or state makes you feel like a fish back in water?
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