Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Conquering everywhere she goes, the glitter has the whole world in her grip.
But Nanak says: before the Holy she gives herself up — becomes their servant and falls at their feet.
The close delivers the raag's great reversal. Maya, who "conquered everywhere" and clings to "the whole world," meets one figure she cannot rule: "the Holy Saint." Before the one who lives in the One, "she surrenders... becoming his servant, she falls at his feet." The all-conquering illusion becomes a servant to the truly devoted. The glitter still dazzles everyone caught in forgetting — but the one who remembers turns the tables: what enslaves the world waits on them. Remembrance is the one power Maya bows to.
What loses its grip on you the moment you're grounded in what actually matters?
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