Verse 144 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 86 — the mind is a bird
ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਪੰਖੀ ਭਇਓ ਉਡਿ ਉਡਿ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਜਾਇ ॥
kabeer man pankhee bha-i-o ud ud dah dis jaa-ay.
Kabir, the mind has become a bird; it soars and flies in the ten directions.
ਜੋ ਜੈਸੀ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੋ ਤੈਸੋ ਫਲੁ ਖਾਇ ॥੮੬॥
jo jaisee sangat milai so taiso fal khaa-ay. ||86||
According to the company it keeps, so are the fruits it eats. ||86||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: the mind has become a bird. It flies up and away, in all ten directions.
Whatever companions it lands among, that is the fruit it eats.
The mind eats the fruit of the companions it keeps.
The mind becomes like the companions it spends time with.
Man pankhee bha-i-o: the mind has become a bird, flying ud ud dah dis, off in every direction. A bird lands on any tree it finds and eats whatever fruit grows there.
Jo jaisee sangat milai: whatever companions the mind meets, so taiso fal khaa-ay, that kind of fruit it eats. Kind companions feed kind thoughts; unkind companions feed unkind ones.
A Question to Sit With
Where has your mind been landing lately?
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