Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even the greatest and most powerful beings can get tangled up in wanting and in the puffed-up 'me.'
Being mighty or clever doesn't make you free of it — that's a very human trap for everyone.
Here the shabad grows bold: even Brahma (through whom "the Vedas were revealed") saw "the love of Maya spread," and Shiva, "the wise one... absorbed in himself," is "engrossed in dark passions and excessive egotism." Guru Amar Das makes a striking point: even the gods of the old stories are shown caught in the same traps — attachment and ego — that catch us. This isn't mockery of any tradition; it's a leveling truth: no amount of power, wisdom, or status makes anyone automatically free of the ego. The trap is universal, and so is the cure. For a child: being powerful or clever or important doesn't make anyone automatically good — everyone has the same inner work.
Do you think grown-ups and famous people have big feelings to manage too, just like you?
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