Verse 146 of 152
Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 5), Salok 146 — choosing the one current
ਦੂਜੀ ਛੋਡਿ ਕੁਵਾਟੜੀ ਇਕਸ ਸਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇ ॥
doojee chhod kuvaatarhee ikas sa-o chit laa-ay.
Forsake duality and the ways of evil; focus your consciousness on the One Lord.
ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਵੀ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਵਹਣਿ ਲੁੜ੍ਹ੍ਹੰਦੜੀ ਜਾਇ ॥੧੬॥
doojai bhaaveeN naankaa vahan lurhHaNdarhee jaa-ay. ||16||
In the love of duality, O Nanak, the mortals are being washed downstream. ||16||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Leave the other, crooked path, and set your mind on the One alone.
Nanak says: in love with the other, people are washed away downstream.
*A divided heart gets swept along; a focused one is carried home.*
A heart set on the One stays steady; a heart in love with "the other" gets swept away.
Doojee chhod kuvaatarhee: leave the other, crooked path. Ikas sa-o chit laa-ay: set your mind on the One. Doojai bhaavee: in love with the other, with anything put in the One's place. Such a person is carried off downstream, like something caught in a flood.
A Question to Sit With
What happens when you try to focus on one thing instead of many at once?
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