Dear God, by Your Grace, my doubts have been dispelled.

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

Here are the panch vikaar, the five passions — desire, anger, greed, and their companions — and notice how they fall away: not through white-knuckled willpower, but "in the Saadh Sangat," the company of the good. This is the tradition's subtle psychology: the five are not destroyed by fighting them (which usually backfires); they are outgrown in the right company, loosening their grip as a truer orientation deepens. And the final image is oceanic tenderness: the "ocean of mercy" itself cuts the ropes. You do not saw through your own bonds; mercy dissolves them when you get near enough to it.