Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Wandering from one holy place to another, the sickness does not leave. Reading holy books, a person gets caught up in pointless arguments.
The sickness of being in two minds is a very great sickness; it makes a person depend on Maya, the pull of passing things.
The healing is close at hand, and the sickness to heal is the split inside.
Tirath bharmai rog na chhootas — wandering to tirath, holy places of pilgrimage, does not cure the sickness. Parhi-aa baad bibaad bha-i-aa — reading holy books can turn into arguing.
Then the verse names the sickness. Dubidhaa rog so adhik vadayraa — dubidhaa means being in two minds, split in half inside. It is a very big sickness. Maa-i-aa kaa muhtaaj bha-i-aa — it makes a person depend on maya, the pull of passing things.
Picture a kid pulled between two friends fighting over them. They can't enjoy either one. Dubidhaa is that split feeling. It is how ego feels from the inside, once we forget that everything is one.
When has trying to win an argument left you feeling worse, not better?
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