Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Imagine treating an ordinary sheep as if it were the magical wish-granting cow. Imagine expecting endless blessings from it.
Or heading off to the market to buy something wonderful with an empty purse.
Wanting the reward without the real thing is like going shopping with an empty purse.
KaamDhayn is the wish-granting cow of old Indian stories. Here someone takes a plain sheep and treats it as that magic cow. Sa-uday ka-o Dhaavai bin poonjee — rushing off to trade with no money at all. Poonjee means the money you start with.
Both pictures show the same mistake. It is expecting the fruit without the real thing behind it. It is like paying with a toy credit card at a real shop. Pretending to have the treasure is not the same as having it. The next verse names what the real treasure is.
What is something you can't get by faking it — something you actually have to build for real?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI