Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The self-centered are caught in separateness and a darkened mind, wrapped in the shadow of attachment.
They have no love for the teaching's message, and they sink, along with those around them.
The way you face in life touches the people around you.
This verse is the other side of the last one. It describes the manmukh, the person turned toward their own wants instead of toward the One. Inside, there is moh gubaaree, the darkness of clinging. They have no love for the message of good people. And o-ay doobay san parvaaree — they sink, along with their families.
In the last verse, a loving life lifted a whole family. Here, a life closed in on itself can pull others down. Our direction is never only private. Think of one grumpy person at the dinner table. The whole meal can turn sour. Read gently, this is not a curse. It is a call to care: which way we face touches the people we love.
How does the way you 'face' — open or closed, bitter or loving — affect the people closest to you?
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