Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Forgetting the Master, a person chases pleasures.
Then sickness rises up in the body.
The mind that will not see pays the price.
Simple doctor, do not give me medicine.
When we forget the One and chase only quick pleasures, trouble rises up inside us.
Khasam visaar kee-ay ras bhog: forgetting the Master, a person lives only for pleasures. Khasam means master, and here it means the One. Then tan uth khalo-ay rog: sickness rises up in the body.
Man andhay ka-o milai sajaa-ay: the blind mind gets its punishment. Man andhay means a mind that can't yet see. We can hear the punishment as the natural result of looking for help in the wrong place. Think of eating only candy all week. Nobody has to punish you. The tummy ache comes on its own. And once again, ordinary medicine won't fix it.
Have you ever kept doing something that did not make you feel any better?
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