ਰੂਪ ਰੰਗ ਖੁਸੀਆ ਮਨ ਭੋਗਣ ਤੇ ਤੇ ਛਿਦ੍ਰ ਵਿਕਾਰਾ ॥
roop rang khusee-aa man bhogan tay tay chhidar vikaaraa.
The mind's pleasures of love and beauty bring just as many blames and sins.
ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਕਲਿਆਣਾ ਸੂਖ ਸਹਜੁ ਇਹੁ ਸਾਰਾ ॥੨॥
har kaa naam niDhaan kali-aanaa sookh sahj ih saaraa. ||2||
The Name of the Lord is the treasure of Emancipation; it is absolute peace and poise. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The shiny pleasures the mind chases often leave just as many troubles behind them.
The Naam of the One is the treasure of freedom: steady peace and quiet ease.
Shiny pleasures often leave troubles behind them.
The mind's pleasures leave "just as many" troubles; the Naam is the treasure of kaliaan — well-being, peace and poise.
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