Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When someone's inside is crowded with wanting, anger, and pride, it gets hard to speak kindly or even to tell what is helpful from what is harmful. Those feelings can take over anyone for a while. Any of us can get there.
Nanak says: who is there to blame? The One made everything and quietly watches over everything, so no one stands outside it to point at. The same True One is present everywhere, in every person, working itself out. That thought alone can soften the heart.
Shalok, Third Mehl. The manmukh, the self-willed one, is a state any of us can fall into for a while. kaam, krodh, ahankaar are desire, anger, ego. In the One's court each account is asked for (dargah laykhaa mangee-ai), and what is false shows itself. Landmark close: sabh vartai aap sachiaar — the True One pervades all; kis no aakhee-ai, whom should we blame, when the One is in everything? A non-dual teaching that dissolves blame.
When someone acts unkindly, can you remember that something in them is just struggling right now?
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