Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the mind is scattered, even good practices — prayer, quiet, self-discipline — lose their power and slip through your fingers.
And gently, dear mind: without remembering the One, we just keep circling the same old aches.
A scattered mind wastes good practices. Jap tap sanjam tum khanday — you break the worth of prayer, deep practice and self-discipline. Jap is repeating the Name. Tap is hard spiritual effort. Sanjam is self-control. A scattered mind lets all three slip away.
Think of filling a bucket that has a hole in it. You keep pouring, and the water keeps leaking out.
The words here are sharp, the way a coach speaks to a player she believes in. The teaching is simple. Simrahi naahee — when you do not remember the One, the same old aches keep circling back. Gather the mind, and the good practices can do their work.
When have you done something good but were too scattered to feel it?
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