Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When a person feeds on what only pretends to satisfy, their wanting never actually quiets down.
The more they take of it, the thirstier they feel — because it was never the real thing.
Bikhai thag-uree — the "cheating potion," a drink that fools you. Those who consume it find trisnaa kabahoon na jaa-ee — "thirst never departs." This is one of Gurbani's sharpest psychological insights: certain pleasures don't reduce craving, they inflame it, so the more you get, the emptier you feel. It's not a moral scolding but a description of a trap. Real satisfaction comes from a different source entirely — the one named in the Rahao.
Have you noticed something you kept wanting more of, yet it never actually left you satisfied?
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