Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The self-centered mind wanders and wanders — deceived and confused, finding no place to rest.
Without the Guru, no one shows the way. Like the blind stumbling in the dark, people come and go.
The treasure of wisdom is lost. They depart — robbed of everything, cheated of what they came for.
Manmukh bhulai bhulaa-ee-ai — the manmukh is both deceived and in the process of being deceived (bhulaa-ee-ai is the continuous passive: being led astray). The ego does not merely make a mistake and stop; it continues to be led astray by its own orientation, producing its own further confusion.
Bhoolee thaur na kaa-ay — finding no place of rest. The wandering produces no arrival. Every direction the ego-mind turns, there is more wandering. This is the structure of samsara: the cycle of coming and going without a resting point, without a home to return to.
Giaan padaarath kho-i-aa, thagiaa muthaa jaai — the treasure of wisdom is lost; they depart defrauded and plundered. The giaan padaarath (treasure of wisdom) is what the human birth was for — the specific opportunity of this life to find the Guru and the Name. To leave having missed it is not a neutral outcome. It is being robbed. The word thagiaa (defrauded, tricked by a con artist) and muthaa (plundered, stripped) are strong: not just a missed opportunity — a theft. The thief is Maya, the illusion.
Where in your life are you circling the same ground without arriving anywhere — and what might be keeping you from finding your rest?
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