ਸਾਕਤ ਬਧਿਕ ਮਾਇਆਧਾਰੀ ਤਿਨ ਜਮ ਜੋਹਨਿ ਲਾਗੇ ॥
saakat baDhik maa-i-aaDhaaree tin jam johan laagay.
The vicious hunters, the faithless cynics, are hunted down by the Messenger of Death.
ਉਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਆਗੈ ਸੀਸੁ ਨ ਬੇਚਿਆ ਓਇ ਆਵਹਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਅਭਾਗੇ ॥੪॥
un satgur aagai sees na baychi-aa o-ay aavahi jaahi abhaagay. ||4||
They have not sold their heads to the True Guru; those wretched, unfortunate ones continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The cruel hunters, the faithless, are themselves hunted down by death. Because they never handed themselves to the true teacher, those unfortunate ones keep coming and going.
Those who never surrender to the teacher become the hunted, not the hunters.
The dark mirror: the hunters (predatory, ego-driven) become the hunted -- by death. The diagnosis is precise: they did not sell their heads to the Guru (no surrender), so the cycle continues. The unsurrendered self is prey.
A Question to Sit With
Where might "hunting" for more actually leave you more trapped?
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