Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have watched the world wear itself out through greed and pride. But by humbly walking with the teaching, the One is found, and the true doorway to freedom opens.
Jag binsat ham daykhi-aa — "I have seen the world being worn down" — by lobh (greed) and ahankaar (pride), the two great engines of haumai. Against that exhaustion, the door: gur sayvaa prabh paa-i-aa — through humble service to the teaching the One is found — and sach mukat du-aaraa, the true gate of mukti, liberation. Freedom here is not escape from the world but release from the greed-and-pride that grind it down. The doorway is real (sach), not another illusion.
Have you noticed how wanting more and more, or needing to be right, can leave you tired inside?
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