Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Others' belongings, others' bodies, speaking ill of others — do not let your heart get tangled in these.
Instead, spend your time in the Sangat, talk with the Guru's people, and keep your mind awake with songs of the One's praise.
Where we point our love shapes who we become.
The verse gives two clear steps. First, turn your love away from three tangles. Par Dhan is wanting other people's things. Par tan is wanting other people's bodies, treating a person as something to take. Par kee nindaa is speaking badly of others.
Second, turn your love toward something better. Santeh sang means the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. Har keertan means singing praise to the One. It keeps the mind jaagai, awake. Think of a flashlight in a dark room. Whatever you point it at is what you see. This is practical advice for pointing the heart.
What is one thing you could spend less time on, and one you could spend more time on?
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