Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the Guru, the Giver, no one finds the One.
The greedy person who follows only their own wants is pulled in two directions and gets lost in it.
Only a few wise people understand this:
without meeting the Guru, no one is set free.
We find the One through the Guru, the Giver, not by grabbing for more.
Bin gur daatay kinai na paa-i-aa: without the Guru, the Giver, no one has found the One. Daataa means giver. Then the verse shows what happens instead. The manmukh, the person led by self-will, is pulled by lobh, greed, into doojai, "the second." That means a split mind, "me against everyone else."
Think of a kid in a toy shop who wants everything at once. They get pulled in every direction and end up tired and unhappy. The Guru's wisdom gathers us back into one. Few people see this clearly, but freedom comes by meeting the Guru.
When has wanting too much left you feeling pulled apart?
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