Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The whole made world is like an illusion, a mirage — see this and reflect on it.
Nanak says: keep saying the One's Name, which alone will carry you through.
The world we see is like a mirage. Only the One's Name can carry us across.
Marig tarisnaa ji-o jag rachnaa — the made world is like a mirage. On a hot road, a mirage looks like a pool of water. But you cannot drink from it. The world is real, but it does not last, and it cannot fill the deepest thirst. Yeh daykhhu ridai bichaar — see this, and think about it in your heart.
Against the mirage stands one thing: bhaj raam naam nit, remember the One's Name always. Jaa tay hot uDhaar — through it you are set free.
The Ninth Guru's letting go is not sad or gloomy. It is seeing clearly. Think of a hot, thirsty day. Once you know the shimmer on the road is not water, you stop running after it. You go to the tap and drink real water.
What 'mirage' have you chased that looked like water but couldn't quench your thirst?
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