Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Let the Guru's word settle into my heart, and let the Name live in my mind.
Send away the five troublemakers inside me -- wanting too much, anger, greed, clinging, and pride -- and let my worries burn off like sweet incense rising away.
The heart and mind can become a home for the Guru's word.
Gur ko sabad: let the Guru's word make its home in my heart. Har naamaa man sang Dharahu: and keep the Name in my mind.
Then taskar panch, the five inner thieves: craving, anger, greed, attachment and ego. They pull us off course, and the prayer asks the One to drive them out. Last comes bharmaa hom jarahu. A hom is an offering burned in a fire, and here the doubts burn off like incense. Think of a stuffy room that fills with a sweet smell and clears. Trouble turns into something fragrant that rises and is gone.
Which of the five -- wanting too much, anger, greed, clinging, pride -- tugs at you most?
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