Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is not good to run down those who love the One, so let no one do it.
Doing so only leaves the doer unhappy.
All day long, a loving heart holds the One alone in mind.
And with that heart so full, there is nothing left to fear, not even death.
Jan kee nindaa karai na ko-ay — do not tear down the good; and again the reason is inward: jo karai so dukhee-aa ho-ay — it leaves the doer unhappy. Ill-will is its own punishment. The verse then turns to the good heart: aath pahar jan ayk dhi-aa-ay — wrapped all day in remembering the One. The literal 'the messenger of death does not approach' is rendered gently as nothing left to fear, not even death — fearlessness, not terror.
Why might holding onto ill-will make the person carrying it the unhappiest of all?
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