ਝੂਠੀ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਕੀ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥
jhoothee durmat kee chaturaa-ee.
False are the clever tricks of the evil-minded.
ਬਿਨਸਤ ਬਾਰ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਕਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
binsat baar na laagai kaa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
They shall disappear in no time at all. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The clever tricks of a twisted mind are false.
They vanish in no time at all.
Clever tricks look solid for a moment, then vanish, because they never were.
Clever tricks do not last, because there was never anything true in them.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. It says jhoothee durmat kee chaturaa-ee: the cleverness of durmat is false. Durmat means a mind that has lost its way.
Then binsat baar na laagai kaa-ee: it vanishes in no time. Think of a soap bubble. It shines with colors and looks solid. Then, pop, it is gone. The false is like that: it looks real but does not last. Only the true lasts.
A Question to Sit With
Have you seen something clever fall apart quickly because there was nothing real underneath?
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