ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਸੂਰੇ ਏਹਿ ਨ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਅਹੰਕਾਰਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
sooray ayhi na aakhee-ahi ahaNkaar mareh dukh paavahi.
They are not called heroes, who die of egotism, suffering in pain.
ਅੰਧੇ ਆਪੁ ਨ ਪਛਾਣਨੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਪਚਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ॥
anDhay aap na pachhaannee doojai pach jaaveh.
The blind ones do not realize their own selves; in the love of duality, they rot.
ਅਤਿ ਕਰੋਧ ਸਿਉ ਲੂਝਦੇ ਅਗੈ ਪਿਛੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
at karoDh si-o loojh-day agai pichhai dukh paavahi.
They struggle with great anger; here and hereafter, they suffer in pain.
ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੁ ਨ ਭਾਵਈ ਵੇਦ ਕੂਕਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਹਿ ॥
har jee-o ahaNkaar na bhaav-ee vayd kook sunaaveh.
The Dear Lord is not pleased by egotism; the Vedas proclaim this clearly.
ਅਹੰਕਾਰਿ ਮੁਏ ਸੇ ਵਿਗਤੀ ਗਏ ਮਰਿ ਜਨਮਹਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵਹਿ ॥੯॥
ahaNkaar mu-ay say vigtee ga-ay mar janmeh fir aavahi. ||9||
Those who die of egotism, shall not find salvation. They die, and are reborn in reincarnation. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those worn down by pride are not the heroes they imagine themselves to be.
Pride keeps a person from knowing their own true self, and it wears itself out in the end.
The One is not won by pride at all; that path simply exhausts itself, while the humble heart finds its way home.
Pride is not bravery; it simply wears itself out.
The ninth Pauree (||9||), the counter-image to Pauree 8: those who 'die of egotism' are not heroes. Pride keeps a person from knowing themselves, and in the end ego defeats itself. The Vedas, too, proclaim that the One takes no pleasure in pride.
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