Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When someone lets the Maker slip from mind,
they wander around burning inside, and never settle.
No one can protect a person who forgets to be thankful; they fall into the deepest misery.
Forgetting the One leaves the heart burning and restless.
Purakh biDhaataa means the Maker, the One who shapes everything. When someone forgets the Maker, the verse says, they wander around jaltaa, "burning," always hot and never at rest.
Think of having a fever. You toss and turn, you cannot get comfy, and nothing on the outside helps much. What you need is to get well from the inside.
The verse calls such a person akirat-ghan, someone who forgets to be grateful. It uses a very strong old picture, a terrible hell, to show how bad that forgetting feels.
The meaning underneath is this. Forgetting the One is like a fever of the heart. It is its own restless ache. But a fever can cool. The door is always open to turn back to the Maker, and let the heart rest again.
What helps your mind settle when it feels restless and never satisfied?
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