Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A person can do all the fasting, all the disciplines, all the worship there is — and still feel unwell inside, if the practice never touches the real trouble.
The hidden trouble is pride, the quiet voice that says “look how much I do.” Loving only the outside show pulls the heart away from what's real.
Doing lots of religious things can't cure pride, because pride lives deep inside.
Jap tap sanjam varat karay poojaa is a list of practices. Jap is repeating prayers. Tap is hard self-discipline. Sanjam is self-control, varat is fasting, and poojaa is worship. The manmukh does all of these. A manmukh is someone who follows only their own wants. Yet rog na jaa-ee — the sickness does not go away.
What is the sickness? Antar rog mahaa abhimaanaa — deep inside is the sickness of great pride. It is pride wearing the costume of devotion. Think of a scrape under a bandage. You can put a bright new bandage on every day, but if the cut is never cleaned, it won't heal. Outward practice can't reach a trouble that lives inside.
Doojai bhaa-ay khu-aa-ee — in love with "the second thing," the person is lost. That second thing is the outside show, and it pulls the heart away from the One.
Have you ever done something good partly just to be seen doing it?
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