Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even the greatest powers the world can imagine can get caught in the same fever, acting from ego, from that sense of being a separate self running the show.
Even they forget the Source that made them. The one who turns toward the Guru is the one who remembers.
Even the greatest powers can forget the One who made them.
The verse names Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, great figures in Hindu stories. It says they too were caught in the trai gun and acted from ego. Trai gun means the three moods that run the world: restless action, dull heaviness and calm goodness.
This isn't mocking anyone's faith. It is a picture: if even the mightiest can forget where they came from, anyone can. Think of a star player who forgets the coach who taught them everything. The verse says the gurmukh — the one turned toward the Guru — is given this understanding and remembers the Source.
Why is it sometimes the most powerful people who forget where their gifts came from?
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