Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
To feed your one life, you eat up many lives.
You were meant to swim in the water, and you are sinking in it instead.
We were made to glide through life gently, not to sink by grabbing too much.
Ayk jee-a kai jee-aa khaahee: for your one life, you eat many lives. The stork feeds itself by catching many fish. For us, it means living at others' cost, taking more than our share without noticing what it costs them.
Jal tartee boodee jal maahee: you were meant to swim in the water, but you are drowning in it. A bird is made to glide over the water. Greed pulls it under, into the very thing it was meant to float on.
The teaching is simple: do not feed yourself at the cost of others.
When has wanting more ended up weighing you down?
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