Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By the flow of life, the body is built like a castle with ten gates. Inside live the five wild passions -- and right there with them, the endless Light. The One is both the treasure being traded and the trader doing the trading. And through the Name, you are made new and beautiful.
The body-castle has ten gates (the nine plus the Tenth, as in the earlier shabad). What dwells inside is striking: the five passions and the infinite Light together -- the human is a mixed dwelling, not a pure one. The image reads as a non-dual seal: the One is both the trader and the merchandise, with no second party to the transaction. The Name renews -- it adorns and makes new.
Can you feel both the "wild passions" and something quieter and brighter living in you at once?
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