Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You think you are great, and that others are small.
I have seen people who are false in thought, word and deed going to a place of suffering.
Looking down on others is a trap.
Aapas ka-o deeragh kar jaanai — you think you are big. A-uran ka-o lag maat — and you think others are small. This is the ego that puffs itself up and shrinks everyone else.
Mansaa baachaa karmanaa — in thought, word, and deed. When all three go crooked, Kabir says, they are dojak jaat, headed for a place of darkness. Think of building a wall around yourself so no one can come near. It keeps others out, but it also blocks your own sunlight.
That is the point here. Ego is less like a crime and more like a wall. A crooked heart shuts out its own light.
When was the last time you made someone else feel small — and why?
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