Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Greed. Clinging to things. Calling them "mine." Chasing what harms us. Being tossed between delight and sorrow.
The person no longer pulled around by any of these is a living picture of the divine, calm and whole.
This one describes a free person by what no longer pulls them around.
The verse lists the pushes and pulls. Lobh is greed. Moh is clinging. Mamtaa is calling things "mine." Then there is serving what harms us. And there is harakh sog, delight and sorrow.
The free person is the one these parsai jih naahan, do not touch. so moorat hai dayvaa — that person is a living picture of the Divine.
Think of a tall tree in the wind. The branches sway, but the trunk stays put. This is sahaj, the natural, steady ease of someone rooted deeper than what happens around them.
The list is not a list of sins to feel bad about. It names the tugs that a settled heart has grown free of.
What kinds of things push you around emotionally the most — and what would it feel like to be steadier?
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