Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is easy to get pulled along by wanting more and more — more stuff, more attention — until it feels like being half-asleep, tugged around by feelings you did not choose.
Days slip by fast when we live that way. But noticing it is the very first step to waking up.
Wanting more and more can take over a life, and seeing it clearly is how waking up begins.
Mamtaa moh dharoh mad maataa means drunk on mamtaa, moh, and dharoh. Mamtaa is the feeling of "mine, mine." Moh is clinging attachment. Dharoh is tricking others. Together they work like a spell that makes a person act wild.
Bandhan baadhi-aa means tied up in knots. The verse warns that day by day, life slips away while a person stays caught like this, as if in a trap.
Think of scrolling late at night. You tell yourself "just one more," and suddenly hours are gone. Nobody chose that on purpose. It pulled them along.
The Guru is not calling anyone bad. He is naming a spell, the way a doctor names a cold, so it can be healed. Noticing the spell is the first step to waking from it.
When do you notice yourself wanting something just because everyone else has it?
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