ਪੰਚ ਦੂਤ ਮੂਡ ਪਰਿ ਠਾਢੇ ਕੇਸ ਗਹੇ ਫੇਰਾਵਤ ਹੇ ॥
panch doot mood par thaadhay kays gahay fayraavat hay.
The five thieves stand over your head and seize you. Grabbing you by your hair, they will drive you on.
ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਨ ਆਵਹਿ ਅੰਧ ਅਗਿਆਨੀ ਸੋਇ ਰਹਿਓ ਮਦ ਮਾਵਤ ਹੇ ॥੩॥
darisat na aavahi anDh agi-aanee so-ay rahi-o mad maavat hay. ||3||
You do not see them, you blind and ignorant fool; intoxicated with ego, you just keep sleeping. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There are five strong pulls inside all of us — wanting, anger, greed, attachment, and pride — and when we do not notice them, they run the show and lead us around.
It is like being half-asleep and not seeing what is steering us. The good news is: the moment we notice, we can wake up.
You cannot steer what you do not notice — so noticing is the first freedom.
panch doot — the five pulls that stand over the head and drive the mind around; the andh agi-aanee, the one who cannot see them, sleeps on. The sleeper can always wake.
A Question to Sit With
Which of the five pulls is loudest for you lately?
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