Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The restless "me" softens when I sit with the words of the teaching and truly turn them over in my heart. When I gently steady a mind that darts everywhere, the wild pulls inside me lose their grip.
This one says a mind that rests on the teaching loosens the wild pulls inside.
Ha-umai nivrai gur sabad veechaarai — the ego fades by thinking over the Guru's Shabad, the Word. Veechaarai means holding the words and turning them over, again and again, like a smooth stone in your pocket.
Chanchal mat ti-aagai panch sanghaarai — let go of the fickle mind, and the five are overcome. Chanchal mat is the flickering mind that jumps from thing to thing, like a phone buzzing with a new alert every minute. Letting go of that restlessness is what settles it.
The panch, the five, are the five inner pulls. They are often listed as anger, greed, clinging, pride, and craving. Overcoming them here is not a war. These pulls are to be healed and steadied, not hated. A quieter mind simply stops feeding them.
When your thoughts are jumping around, what helps you slow down and settle?
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