ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਗਰਬਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਇਆਣੇ ॥
manmukh garab na paa-i-o agi-aan i-aanay.
The self-willed manmukhs, in their arrogant pride, do not find God; they are so ignorant and foolish!
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਨਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਣੇ ॥
satgur sayvaa naa karahi fir fir pachhutaanay.
They do not serve the True Guru, and in the end, they regret and repent, over and over again.
ਗਰਭ ਜੋਨੀ ਵਾਸੁ ਪਾਇਦੇ ਗਰਭੇ ਗਲਿ ਜਾਣੇ ॥
garabh jonee vaas paa-iday garbhay gal jaanay.
They are cast into the womb to be reincarnated, and within the womb, they rot.
ਮੇਰੇ ਕਰਤੇ ਏਵੈ ਭਾਵਦਾ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਭਰਮਾਣੇ ॥੩॥
mayray kartay ayvai bhaavdaa manmukh bharmaanay. ||3||
As it pleases my Creator Lord, the self-willed manmukhs wander around lost. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those puffed up with pride do not find the One -- so foolish, so lost. Refusing to serve the true teacher, in the end they are full of regret. They are cast back into the cycle, going round and round. And somehow, within the One's own will, the self-facing keep wandering.
Pride keeps the soul from finding the One -- and leaves only regret.
The dark mirror: pride blocks finding the One; refusing the Guru ends in regret and the cycle. Amar Das again holds the Hukam paradox honestly -- as it pleases the Creator, the manmukhs wander -- without resolving the mystery of why.
A Question to Sit With
Has pride ever kept you from accepting help that you needed?
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