ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਤਿਨ ਕੂਰੇ ਗਾਢਨ ਗਾਢੇ ॥
jin ka-o pareet ridai har naahee tin kooray gaadhan gaadhay.
Those who do not have love for the Lord within their hearts, harbor only false intentions and goals.
ਜਿਉ ਪਾਣੀ ਕਾਗਦੁ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਜਾਤ ਹੈ ਤਿਉ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਗਰਭਿ ਗਲਾਢੇ ॥੩॥
ji-o paanee kaagad binas jaat hai ti-o manmukh garabh galaadhay. ||3||
As paper breaks down and dissolves in water, the self-willed manmukh wastes away in arrogant pride. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those with no love for the One inside them carry only false hopes and goals. Like paper that breaks apart and dissolves in water, the self-facing person wastes away in pride.
Without love, the proud self dissolves like paper in water.
A vivid image of dissolution: the self-facing person like paper in water -- structurally weak, dissolving in pride. Without the binding of love, the self simply disintegrates. Pride is not strength but fragility.
A Question to Sit With
Have you noticed that pride often makes people more fragile, not stronger?
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