Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Someone may, deep down, treat passing riches as the truest thing. That person will not meet the Beloved — not even in a dream.
What you treat as most real is where your life ends up going.
Saahan sat karai jee-a apnai — someone who, deep inside, treats the "queen" as true. Here saahan, the queen, means maya: passing riches, the shiny things that come and go. Such a person milai na supnai — does not meet the One, not even in a dream.
Gurbani often sets sach, what is real and lasting, against jhooth, what is false and passing. Treat the passing thing as the truest thing, and you miss the One. Think of a phone game where you spend hours building a city. It feels so real while you play. Whatever we hold as most real is what we end up living toward.
What do you treat as most real — and where is it leading you?
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