Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, the teaching is right here waiting, have I truly let it in?
If I only change the outside, a new look, special clothes, a holy costume, but leave the inside untouched, what have I really changed?
The real turning happens quietly, within.
gahio na gur updays — the teaching not grasped; mood mudaaio bhagvao keeno bhays — shaving the head, donning saffron robes. The outward marks of a renunciate are named to make a point that cuts across every tradition: an outer costume is not the inner change. The critique targets empty formalism wherever it appears, not the sincere seeker. This is the Rahau.
What is one small inner change that matters more than how things look?
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