Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When I forget, I feel a hunger that sends me wandering in every direction, never quite full.
Chasing without the Name just circles back on itself, restless and tired.
Round and round I go, again and again, and at the One's door I come up empty.
This one says that restless hunger is really homesickness for the One. The verse speaks of the manmukh, someone who follows only their own wants. Manmukh bhookhay dah dis doleh — they are hungry and wander in all ten directions. Without the Name, they are in pain.
Then the verse speaks of going round through birth and death again and again, and of coming up empty at the One's court. That is heavy. But the lesson inside it is simple: when we forget the One, a restless hunger follows. It is like scrolling and scrolling on a phone, looking for something, and never feeling full.
That hunger is really homesickness. It is a signal pointing back home, to the One who truly feeds us. So even the hunger carries hope.
When you feel restless and “hungry” for something you can't name, what is it usually pointing you toward?
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