The interesting part is that our mind is as big in size of an elephant for all of us. Its grandeur is in one's own imagination.This elephant sized mind claims to be invincible. Having this big size and inflated ego, makes it absent of any goodness and sweetness. Its destructive nature creates havoc for all of us. We become our worst enemies with this giant elephant in our head whose tusks start puncturing everything good that we may have left within.
Kabeer ji says on page 972, but there is a hope for you my elephant sized mind, provided you lose this grandeur of being high and mighty. You must become as small as an ant so that you can pick the scattered sugar from the sand. In this way, you can wallow yourself in sweetness rather than in mud.
Literal Translation by Sant Singh Khalsa:
ਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਖਾਂਡੁ ਰੇਤੁ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਖਰਿਓ ਹਸਤੀ ਚੁਨਿਓ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥
Har bẖa▫i▫o kẖāʼnd reṯ mėh bikẖri▫o hasṯīʼn cẖuni▫o na jā▫ī.
The Lord is like sugar, spilled onto the sand; the elephant cannot pick it up.
ਕਹਿ ਕਮੀਰ ਕੁਲ ਜਾਤਿ ਪਾਂਤਿ ਤਜਿ ਚੀਟੀ ਹੋਇ ਚੁਨਿ ਖਾਈ ॥੨॥੩॥੧੨॥
Kahi kamīr kul jāṯ pāʼnṯ ṯaj cẖītī ho▫e cẖun kẖā▫ī. ||2||3||12||
Says Kabeer, give up your ancestry, social status and honor; be like the tiny ant - pick up and eat the sugar. ||2||3||12||
