Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Fooled by doubt, the mind wanders off, coming and going, born again and again.
It is pulled along by Maya, the world's shiny bait, sweet on the outside and poison inside.
It does not stay steady in love for the One.
It is like a fish with the hook caught in its throat.
A mind full of doubt drifts from want to want, and craving catches it the way a hook catches a fish.
Man bhoolao bharmas aae jaae: the mind, fooled by doubt, keeps coming and going. Maya is the pull of the world's glitter. The fish-and-hook image (jio meen kundleeaa) shows how craving catches us the instant we bite. What the mind lacks is steady love for the One (ek bhaae).
What pulls your mind off course when you are trying to stay steady?
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