ਅਤੀਤੁ ਸਦਾਏ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾ ਮਾਤਾ ॥
ateet sadaa-ay maa-i-aa kaa maataa.
He says that he is unattached, but he is intoxicated with Maya.
ਮਨਿ ਨਹੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਕਹੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਰਾਤਾ ॥੩॥
man nahee pareet kahai mukh raataa. ||3||
There is no love in his mind, and yet he says that he is imbued with the Lord. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A person can call themselves free of all wanting while still being pulled around by it.
There can be no real love in the heart, and yet the mouth keeps insisting the heart is full.
Words are easy; what your heart actually holds is the real measure.
man nahee preet kahai mukh raataa — the gap between what the mouth says and what the heart holds. ateet (detached) claimed by one still maa-i-aa kaa maataa (intoxicated with the world). The verse asks for honesty about that gap rather than clever cover for it.
A Question to Sit With
Is there something you say you feel but do not quite feel yet?
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