Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The mind is pulled by gold and desire; attachment to the world tastes so sweet. It clings to houses, palaces, horses, all the pleasures. And the One never even crosses the mind -- so how can such a person be saved?
This one is an honest picture of how sweet the world can taste, and what the real danger is.
Maya is the pull of the world: money, comfort, and things to want. Gold, fine houses, horses, and pleasures all taste sweet. The verse does not call them evil. They really are attractive.
The danger is something else. It is forgetting the One completely. Think of a kid so deep in a video game that dinner goes cold, and no one else in the house gets noticed.
So the verse ends with a real question. How can such a person be saved? The rest of the shabad answers it with grace and with the Sangat, the company of good people.
What pleasures are so absorbing that they crowd out everything else?
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