ਮੂਰਖੁ ਸਿਆਣਾ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਏਕ ਜੋਤਿ ਦੁਇ ਨਾਉ ॥
moorakh si-aanaa ayk hai ayk jot du-ay naa-o.
The same person is foolish and wise; the same light within has two names.
ਮੂਰਖਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਹੈ ਜਿ ਮੰਨੇ ਨਾਹੀ ਨਾਉ ॥੨॥
moorkhaa sir moorakh hai je mannay naahee naa-o. ||2||
The most foolish of the foolish are those who do not believe in the Name. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Foolish and wise are just two names for the same person on different days — one light shining behind both.
The most foolish of all is the one who will not take in the Naam that lights us all.
Foolish and wise are two names for one light; the one loss that counts is forgetting the Naam.
Moorakh si-aanaa ayk hai, ayk jot du-ay naa-o — the foolish and the wise are one, a single light with two names. The ranking dissolves entirely. What it does name as costly is only je mannay naahee naa-o — not accepting, not aligning with, the Name. Mannai here is inner alignment, living from the Name, not merely believing a fact about it.
A Question to Sit With
Can you think of a time you were foolish and wise about the very same thing?
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