ਸਾਕਤ ਹਰਿ ਰਸ ਸਾਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕੰਡਾ ਹੇ ॥
saakat har ras saad na jaani-aa tin antar ha-umai kandaa hay.
The wicked shaaktas, the faithless cynics, do not know the taste of the Lord's sublime essence. The thorn of egotism is embedded deep within them.
ਜਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਚਲਹਿ ਚੁਭੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਸਹਹਿ ਸਿਰਿ ਡੰਡਾ ਹੇ ॥੨॥
ji-o ji-o chaleh chubhai dukh paavahi jamkaal saheh sir dandaa hay. ||2||
The more they walk away, the deeper it sticks into them, and the more they suffer in pain, until finally, the Messenger of Death smashes his club against their heads. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who have turned away never taste the One's sweetness; the thorn of ego is stuck deep inside them. The more they pull away, the deeper it digs in, and the more they suffer -- until at last death brings its club down on them.
The thorn of ego digs deeper the more you pull away from the One.
A painful image: the thorn of ego embedded in the One-denying soul, which digs deeper the more they struggle. Pulling away from the One worsens the wound (Har Ras: they never taste). Ego is a thorn that resists removal by struggle.
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