Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Endless wanting can wrap around you like a rope, and even holy-looking routines can become just another rope if the heart is not in them.
What ties us up is not the outside stuff; it is forgetting the living presence of the One while we go through the motions.
The shine of the world pulls hard. But the Name gently loosens every knot.
aasaa mansaa banDhnee — hope and desire are bonds; karam Dharam banDhkaaree — even rites and religious duties can bind when hollow. binsai naam visaaree — the loss is forgetting the Naam, not the acts themselves. maa-i-aa jag mohnee — Maya the enchanter. The critique targets empty formalism across all traditions, evenhandedly; the remedy is remembrance, framed positively.
What is the difference between doing something out of love and just going through the motions?
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