ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਿਆਚਾਰ ਵਧਾਏ ਮਨਿ ਪਾਖੰਡ ਕਰਮੁ ਕਪਟ ਲੋਭਈਆ ॥
kar kar kiri-aachaar vaDhaa-ay man pakhand karam kapat lobha-ee-aa.
One may perform many rituals, but the mind is filled with hypocrisy, evil deeds and greed.
ਬੇਸੁਆ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਬੇਟਾ ਜਨਮਿਆ ਪਿਤਾ ਤਾਹਿ ਕਿਆ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦਈਆ ॥੬॥
baysu-aa kai ghar baytaa janmi-aa pitaa taahi ki-aa naam sada-ee-aa. ||6||
When a son is born in the house of a prostitute, who can tell the name of his father? ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You can go through all the outer motions, and still have a heart full of pretending and wanting.
Actions with no love behind them have no root -- like a plant with nothing to hold it in the ground. It is love that gives what you do its roots.
*Deeds without love have no root; love is what holds them.*
kar kar kiriaachaar... pakhand karam kapat -- piling up rituals while the heart is full of pretense. Deeds without love are rootless. Empty ritual is questioned in every tradition alike.
A Question to Sit With
What gives the things you do their meaning?
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