SGGS Angg 487.
Raag Assa – Bhagat Ravidas Ji.
Man gets so engrossed in worldliness that he forgets his stay here is for a short while only.
Bhagat Ji looks at man and says I see a puppet of clay prancing around.
“Matti ko putra kaisay nachat hai”
He looks and listens, hears and speaks, but is always on the move.
“Dekhay dekhay sunay bolay dauriyo firat hai” (Rahao)
When he acquires something he puffs up in ego.
“Jab kach paave garab karat hai”
When he loses his wealth, he howls and wails.
“Maya geyi tab rovan laggat hai”
In thought, word and deed he is attached to the sweet and tangy flavours of the world.
“Man bach karam rass kasseh lobhana”
When he dies no one knows where he has gone.
“Binnas gya jaye kahu samaana”
Ravidas Ji reminds that the world is a dramatic Play.
“Kahe Ravidas baji jag bhai”
I have enshrined love for the Divine Dramatist.
“Bajigar seyo mohe preet ban aayi”
The net translation of the last line
” I have enshrined love for the Lord the star of the show” does not seem right. Lord is correct, but star of the show seems rather out of place.
Shabad Viakhya by Bhai Manjeet Singh Ji
Shabad Kirtan available on YouTube
Bhai Ji further elaborated on September 23, 2025:
This imagery of the mortal as a puppet is used in a few hundred Shabads in SGGS Ji.
The Lord has put in haumai in the puppet. At the same time there is maya which entices the puppet. All he chases for are perishables. They don’t go with him.
Yet, his entire life is spent in an external chase. In the chase, the puppet goes through dukh and sukh which bring further entanglements.
The Play is so loaded against the hapless puppet that Guru Arjun Dev Ji says at Angg 206, what can the poor wooden puppet do? Only the Puppet Master knows all.
“Kaath ki putri kaha kare bapri Khilawanharo jaane.”
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