ਬੰਦੇ ਖੋਜੁ ਦਿਲ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ ਨਾ ਫਿਰੁ ਪਰੇਸਾਨੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
banday khoj dil har roj naa fir paraysaanee maahi.
O human being, search your own heart every day, and do not wander around in confusion.
ਇਹ ਜੁ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਸਿਹਰੁ ਮੇਲਾ ਦਸਤਗੀਰੀ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ih jo dunee-aa sihar maylaa dasatgeeree naahi. ||1|| rahaa-o.
This world is just a magic-show; no one will be holding your hand. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Human being — search your own heart every day, and stop wandering around lost.
This world is just a magic-show; no one here will be holding your hand.
The world is a dazzling magic-show, and its companions can't hold your hand at the end — so search your own heart instead.
The Pause line gives the practice — "search your own heart every day" — and the reason: the world is "a magic-show," a dazzling display that isn't quite what it seems, and "no one will be holding your hand." The search is inward, not outward, because the outward is a show and its companions cannot finally accompany you. Stop wandering the magic-show looking for what is only found by looking within.
A Question to Sit With
What might you find by 'searching your own heart' that all the wandering outside never delivers?
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