Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
We eat every kind of food, day after day, and the teeth in our mouths wear thin with the years.
Saying "mine, mine" over and over, we lose our way; doing wrong, we find no room to be kind.
Holding tight to "mine" slowly squeezes out kindness.
Anik parkaar bhojan nit khaatay — eating every kind of food, every day, while the body slowly wears, even the teeth. That wearing is simply how bodies work.
Mayree mayree kar kar mooth-o — saying "mine, mine" again and again, a person gets fooled. Nah paree da-i-aa — no room is left for kindness. Picture a fist clenched around a toy: it cannot open to share or to take a friend's hand. Ego is a habit, and habits can soften.
When you feel very focused on what is yours, how can you remember to be kind?
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