Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When we let go of the One who holds up the earth and serve Maya, lowly beside the One, our days slip by in "me, me, me."
Empty deeds fill the hours of one who does not know, and such a person is called blind, led only by their own wants.
Serving only passing things fills our days with "me, me, me."
DharneeDhar again means the One who holds up the earth. The verse says we leave that One and serve what does not last. It calls what we serve neech kul, the lowly-born one: Maya, the pull of passing things. The meaning underneath is simple: we end up working for what cannot hold us up.
Then ha-o ha-o karat bihaavath: our life passes saying "I, I." Ha-o is the word for "I" or "me."
Think of a group project where one kid only talks about their own part. The whole time slips away, and the project never comes together.
Fokat karam means empty busyness, lots of doing with nothing inside it. The verse calls such a person manmukh, someone led by their own wants instead of by the Guru. It also calls them anDh, blind. That means losing sight of what is clear, even with your eyes wide open.
What pulls you out of "me, me, me" and into caring about others?
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