Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Dear One — so many put on holy robes just to beg and fill their bellies.
Without real love of the One there's no peace; without the teaching, pride doesn't leave.
The verse takes aim at religion-as-costume — those who wear "various religious robes" merely "for begging and filling their bellies," using the appearance of holiness as a livelihood. The critique is not of poverty or of robes but of the hollowing of the sacred into a performance for bread. And the diagnosis is precise: without real devotion, no peace; without the teaching, "pride does not depart." The robe can't do what only love and humility can.
Where might you be tempted to wear the 'costume' of something rather than living its substance?
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