Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A person could hold grand feasts, give away land, and put up fine buildings.
They could even set aside their own needs to help others.
Yet a habit of tearing people down would drain all that goodness right out of them.
Ravidas names kind, generous acts here, and says even these can drain away.
A person may hold great feasts. They may give away land and put up fine buildings. They may even set aside their own work to help others. These are truly good deeds, and Ravidas does not make light of them.
Then comes the turn: karai nind baho jonee haadhai — if a person runs others down, they wander through many lives. Picture someone who keeps wandering and never gets home. That is how ill-will feels from the inside. It leaves a person restless and unfinished, never arriving at peace. The goodness slowly leaks out, like air from a bike tire with a tiny hole.
Have you seen kindness in words matter even more than big generous gestures?
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