Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the world is clouded, those caught up in it get clouded too.
Chasing two-ness, the heart keeps coming and going restlessly. This love of separateness has worn the whole world down, and the self-led heart takes knocks and loses its dignity.
When we feel separate from the One, the world looks cloudy, and so do we.
Jag mailaa mailo ho-ay jaa-ay — the world is clouded, and whoever is caught up in it gets clouded too. Think of a window covered in dust. Everything you see through it looks gray.
The dust has a name: doojaa, "two-ness." It is the feeling of being separate from the One and from each other. Pulled by it, a person keeps coming and going, restless. This love of separateness wears the whole world down.
The last line speaks of the manmukh, the self-led person who faces only their own wants. It says such a person takes hard knocks and loses honor. This describes what happens. It is not a sentence handed down. It is a hurt that can heal.
When do you feel most separate from others, and when do you feel most connected?
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