Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is right beside you — your helper, your very best friend — yet somehow you keep arguing and holding apart.
Getting tangled up with the five pulls — anger, greed, and their friends — is what brings deep pain.
Your best friend is right beside you. Har sang sahaa-ee mahaa meet — the Lord is your companion, your helper, your best friend. Tis si-o tayraa bhayd — yet you keep yourself apart from Him. It is a strange distance to keep from the nearest friend.
Think of sulking in your room while your best friend waits at the door.
Then: beedhaa panch batvaara-ee — you are hooked by the five thieves. These are five pulls inside us: desire, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They are called thieves because they quietly steal our peace. Upji-o mahaa khayd — and that brings deep pain.
Have you ever pushed away someone who was only trying to help?
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