Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When a person speaks lies even where only truth belongs, they end up hurting mostly themselves.
Living against the truth is like walking blindly — you keep bumping into the very trouble you made.
Living against the truth is like walking blind. You keep bumping into the trouble you made.
Saachee dargeh bolai koorh — in the True Court, they speak lies. Dargeh is a court, the place where truth is weighed. Koorh means falsehood. The verse pictures the liar striking their own head with their own hands. It points to a plain truth: dishonesty bounces back on the one who is dishonest.
The person is called anDhaa moorh, blind and foolish. Moorh is not a cruel label. It describes someone who cannot see clearly yet. Think of one fib that needs a second fib to cover it, and then a third. Living against the truth means stumbling, because you have lost your way.
Have you noticed how one lie usually forces you to trip over more of them?
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