Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Two things live together in the very same house and never speak to each other — the soul and the One, sharing one home, yet unmet.
Without that one precious thing, the five senses wander unsatisfied. And that one thing rests in a quiet place the senses alone can never reach.
The five senses can never reach the one thing that would truly satisfy them.
This verse is a riddle. Aykaa sangat ikat garihi bastay — two live together in one house. The house is the body. The two are the soul and the One within. Mil baat na kartay — yet they never talk.
Ayk basat bin panch duhaylay — without that one precious thing, the five are unhappy. The one thing is the presence of the One. The five are the senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. Without it they stay restless and never full. Think of scrolling a phone for something good to watch. Another video, then another, and you still feel empty.
Oh basat agochar thaa-ee — that treasure sits in a place the senses cannot reach. It is found by turning inward and growing still, not by grabbing outward. The senses cannot fetch what only inner stillness shows.
Have you noticed that no amount of one more thing to see, taste, or buy ever leaves you fully satisfied?
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