Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who don't have the assets of truth — how can they find peace? They deal in falsehood, and their minds and bodies become false.
Like the deer caught in a trap, they suffer in terrible agony. They cry out.
The false deal feels profitable in the moment. The trap springs at the end.
The deer-trap image is viscerally specific: a deer lured by bait or blocked by the trap, then caught. The suffering is not the natural consequence of being a deer — it is the consequence of being deceived. The person trading in falsehood is deceived the same way.
Peerhaa (agony) — real, physical agony. The metaphor is not gentle. Falsehood produces genuine suffering, not just abstract misfortune.
Have you ever taken a shortcut that cost you more than the long way would have? What happened?
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