ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਪਰੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਈ ॥੧੦॥
poojaa karahi par biDh nahee jaaneh doojai bhaa-ay mal laa-ee. ||10||
Those who worship Him, but do not know the Way, are polluted with the love of duality. ||10||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some people worship, but they do not know the way.
Their love is split in two — part for the One, part for other things — and that leaves dirt on the heart.
Worship with a divided heart leaves dust on the soul.
Poojaa karahi par bidh nahee jaaneh — they worship but do not know the way of it. Doojai bhaa-ay is the love of duality: a mind split between the One and a hundred other loves. Again the target is formalism in any tradition, not the outward act itself but the divided heart behind it.
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