Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All are brides of the Husband Lord. All decorate themselves for Him.
But when the time comes to settle their accounts, their red robes are corrupt.
His Love is not obtained through hypocrisy. Her false coverings bring only ruin.
The red robes (laal — the bridal color in Punjab) that appear devotional turn out to be corrupt when examined. The bride who dressed for the meeting has not actually prepared for it — the decoration was outward performance, not inward alignment. The reckoning reveals the gap.
Kapat na pavai — His Love is not obtained through deceit. This is the consistent Gurmat teaching: the divine is not fooled by performance. What is internal is what matters, and what is internal is what is examined.
Is there any place in your spiritual life where you're performing something you don't actually feel? What would it look like to make it real instead?
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