Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my greedy mind, you're forever caught up in grabbing.
Wanting the glitter, you run off in every direction. Your name and your status won't follow you later, and grabbing only aches. Your tongue never tastes the real sweetness; it just speaks flat words. But those who drink the nectar are content.
The sixteenth Pauree addresses the "utterly greedy mind" directly and tenderly — naming greed as a driver that scatters us "in the ten directions." And it makes the plain point: "your name and social status shall not go with you." The greedy mouth "utters only insipid words" — greed makes even speech tasteless — while those who drink the real sweetness are "satisfied." Contentment is the taste greed can never provide.
Where does greed scatter you? What would it feel like to taste contentment instead?
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