ਸਾਕਤ ਕੂੜ ਕਪਟ ਮਹਿ ਟੇਕਾ ॥
saakat koorh kapat meh taykaa.
The faithless cynics are stuck in falsehood and deceit.
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਅਨੇਕਾ ॥
ahinis nindaa karahi anaykaa.
Day and night, they slander many others.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਆਵਹਿ ਫੁਨਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਗ੍ਰਭ ਜੋਨੀ ਨਰਕ ਮਝਾਰਾ ਹੇ ॥੯॥
bin simran aavahi fun jaaveh garabh jonee narak majhaaraa hay. ||9||
Without meditative remembrance, they come and then go, and are cast into the hellish womb of reincarnation. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Building a life on pretending and deceit only tangles a person up.
Spending our days finding fault with others weighs the heart down.
Without ever pausing to remember the One, the mind keeps circling the same troubles — but gentle, honest, kind words lift it right back up.
Fault-finding weighs the heart down; kind words keep it light.
Those who turn from the One (saakat) lean on falsehood and deceit and spend day and night in nindaa, finding fault with others. Without simran, the mind keeps coming and going. Fault-finding weighs the heart down; remembrance and honest, kind words lift it.
A Question to Sit With
How does it feel in your chest right after you say something kind about someone?
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