ਮਾਇਆ ਕੋ ਮਦੁ ਕਹਾ ਕਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਕਾਹੂ ਜਾਈ ॥
maa-i-aa ko mad kahaa karat hai sang na kaahoo jaa-ee.
Why are you intoxicated with Maya? It will not go along with you.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹਤੁ ਚੇਤਿ ਚਿੰਤਾਮਨਿ ਹੋਇ ਹੈ ਅੰਤਿ ਸਹਾਈ ॥੩॥੩॥੮੧॥
naanak kahat chayt chintaaman ho-ay hai ant sahaa-ee. ||3||3||81||
Says Nanak, think of Him, remember Him in your mind. He is the Fulfiller of desires, who will be your help and support in the end. ||3||3||81||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Why get drunk on *maya*, all the sparkling stuff of the world? It goes along with no one.
Nanak says: keep the One in mind, the jewel that fulfils every wish. The One will be your help in the end.
*The One is the friend who stays when everything else has slipped away.*
The sparkle of the world, maa-i-aa ko mad, can make you dizzy like a drink, and it sang na jaa-ee, goes with no one. What stays when all else falls away is the One, ant sahaa-ee, the help at the very end.
Chintaaman is the wish-fulfilling jewel of old legend. Here it names the One, who fulfils the heart.
A Question to Sit With
Who stays beside you no matter what — the friend who does not leave when things get hard?
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