Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Taking what belongs to others to fill yourself might feed you today, but it leaves a mark that follows you.
Hurting others is never a way to get ahead.
Taking from others to fill yourself leaves a mark that follows you.
The verse gives a stark picture: breaking into other people's houses and robbing them to fill your own stomach. Then it says that in the world beyond, apkeerat, a bad name, will follow the person for what they did.
The point is not to scare anyone. Hurting others to get ahead is never truly a way forward. Unkindness has its own weight. It is not a punishment handed down from outside.
Think of footprints in wet cement. Once it dries, they stay.
If someone is being unkind to you or hurting you, that is never something you have to accept. Telling a grown-up you trust is always the right thing to do.
When have you felt the quiet weight of doing something you knew was unfair?
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