Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Mother, father, children, husband or wife: all of them can tie a person in knots.
Rituals and good deeds done with ego tie a person in knots too.
When the One who cuts every knot lives in your mind, you find peace, and you live in your own home, deep inside.
The people you love and the good things you do can tie you in knots, until the One who cuts every knot lives in your mind.
Bandhan means a knot, a tie that holds you. Family is named first. Love is good; the knot is the clinging. Then karam dharam ha-o kartaa: rites and duties done with ego, with the feeling "I am the one doing this." The knot there is the "I", and it can grow inside any practice, anywhere. Bandhan kaatanhaar: the One who cuts the knots. When the One lives in the mind, you find nij ghar, your own home within.
Can you love someone deeply and still hold them with an open hand?
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