Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have stopped taking advice from my ego.
The Guru told me it is foolish stubbornness.
This ego has no home; it will never find a home anywhere.
The Guru has kept me safe, and I am held in loving tune with the One.
Ego is a homeless, stubborn voice, and you can stop taking its advice.
AhaNmayv means the proud "I," the voice that says "me first." Guru Arjan says he stopped taking its advice. Gur kahi-aa ih moorakh hodee means the Guru showed him it is foolish and stubborn.
Ih neeghar means this ego is homeless. Ghar kahee na paa-ay means it never finds a home. It can never rest, because it never has enough. Think of a phone that always wants one more notification. It is never done.
So he set it down. The Guru saved him, and he tuned his heart lovingly to the One.
What does the me-first voice in your head cost you?
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