ਕਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਨਹੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਾਖੀ ॥
karam Dharam nahee maa-i-aa maakhee.
There was no karma, no Dharma, no buzzing fly of Maya.
ਜਾਤਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਨਹੀ ਦੀਸੈ ਆਖੀ ॥
jaat janam nahee deesai aakhee.
Social class and birth were not seen with any eyes.
ਮਮਤਾ ਜਾਲੁ ਕਾਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਮਾਥੈ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਕਿਸੈ ਧਿਆਇਦਾ ॥੮॥
mamtaa jaal kaal nahee maathai naa ko kisai Dhi-aa-idaa. ||8||
There was no noose of attachment, no death inscribed upon the forehead; no one meditated on anything. ||8||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There was no give-and-take of good and bad deeds, and none of the sticky pull of illusion.
No family rank could be seen with any eye.
There was no net of attachment to get caught in, and nothing written about endings on anyone's forehead, for there was nothing yet at all.
Before anything, there were no traps to fall into, only openness.
'Mamta jaal' is the net of attachment. Even the marking of endings did not exist yet; nothing was there that could trap or tangle anyone.
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