Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
That seeker has not found the way yet.
Look inside, and you find greed and clinging there, the pull of Maya, and the feeling of 'me and mine.'
A real seeker is not about how you look outside, but about what fills your heart.
Guru Tegh Bahadur asks what true seeking looks like. This is the Rahao, the "pause" line at the center of the shabad. It says that a jogee, a yogi or seeker, "does not know the way" if the heart is still full of some things.
It names them: lobh moh maa-i-aa mamtaa. Lobh is greed. Moh is clinging. Maa-i-aa is the pull of shiny things. Mamtaa is "me and mine."
This is meant as a gentle self-check, like looking in the mirror before school. It is not a verdict on anyone else.
What is a 'me and mine' feeling you'd like to hold a little more loosely?
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