Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Grab millions of pleasures by crooked means and still the wanting is never full.
Remember the Name, and a million lights switch on inside; what couldn't be grasped is understood.
A sharp contrast between two economies. The first: pleasures seized "through corruption" — dishonestly, at others' cost — and the shocking result that even millions of them leave the wanting unfilled; ill-gotten abundance is a leaking bucket. The second: the Name, which lights "millions of lights" within and delivers understanding of "the incomprehensible." One path pours endlessly in and stays empty; the other is filled by a single turn inward. The difference is not quantity but kind.
Have you noticed that 'more' of the wrong thing never seems to be enough? What actually fills you?
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