ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਕਰੇ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥
manmukh bahut karay abhimaan.
The self-willed manmukhs take great pride in themselves.
ਦਰਗਹ ਕਬ ਹੀ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ਮਾਨੁ ॥
dargeh kab hee na paavai maan.
In the Court of the Lord, they are never honored.
ਦੂਜੈ ਲਾਗੇ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਦਾ ॥੯॥
doojai laagay janam gavaa-i-aa bin boojhay dukh paa-idaa. ||9||
Attached to duality, they waste their lives; without understanding, they suffer in pain. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When I get puffed up with pride in myself, that swagger never wins me a place in the truest home.
Pulled this way and that, the days can slip by unlived. But pride is just a knot to be loosened, gently — and the way to loosen it is always near.
Pride is not a crime to punish but a knot to loosen.
Pride (abhimaan) wins no honor in the Court, and a life pulled two ways slips by. Pride is a knot that can be loosened, and haumai is a sickness of the mind that can heal.
A Question to Sit With
What helps your pride soften when it puffs up?
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