How can that helpless person ever follow a spiritual master, whom God Himself has trapped in self-worship?

Here, the poet observes with gentle pity and irony the plight of a person completely blinded by ego. In the Sufi tradition, following a spiritual master ('pir') requires humility and dissolving the self, but someone captive to self-worship ('khud-parasti') is spiritually paralyzed. The verse subtly reminds us that the greatest obstacle between a seeker and divine truth is not external, but the prison of one's own inflated self.