Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The mind that follows only itself gets tangled up in what is false.
Without remembering the One, it suffers in its own wrongdoing.
This one says a mind that faces only itself gets lost in what isn't real.
The manmukh is the self-facing mind, the one that listens only to itself. Manmukh kee mat koorh vi-aapee — its thinking gets wrapped up in what is false. Bin har simran paap santaapee — without remembering the One, it suffers in its own wrongdoing.
That pain is not a punishment sent from outside. It grows from inside, like a headache from staring at a screen too long. When you live turned away from what is real, the hurt comes on its own. Turning back toward the One is how it eases.
What happens to your mood when you get stuck circling around only your own concerns?
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