ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
ga-orhee mehlaa 1.
Gauree, First Mehl:
ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਹਿ ਚੀਤੁ ॥
kaam kroDh maa-i-aa meh cheet.
The conscious mind is engrossed in sexual desire, anger and Maya.
ਝੂਠ ਵਿਕਾਰਿ ਜਾਗੈ ਹਿਤ ਚੀਤੁ ॥
jhooth vikaar jaagai hit cheet.
The conscious mind is awake only to falsehood, corruption and attachment.
ਪੂੰਜੀ ਪਾਪ ਲੋਭ ਕੀ ਕੀਤੁ ॥
poonjee paap lobh kee keet.
It gathers in the assets of sin and greed.
ਤਰੁ ਤਾਰੀ ਮਨਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਚੀਤੁ ॥੧॥
tar taaree man naam sucheet. ||1||
So swim across the river of life, O my mind, with the Sacred Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The waking mind gets soaked in craving, anger, and the glitter of the world. It stays wide awake for lies, for harm, for clinging -- and busily piles up greed and wrongdoing. So swim across the river of life, my mind, holding on to the Name.
The mind stays wide awake for all the wrong things -- the Name is what carries it across.
A precise sketch of the manmukh mind: "awake" to all the wrong things -- falsehood, corruption, attachment -- and asleep to the real. Maya here is not "money" but the whole shimmering field of appearances that captures attention. The remedy is the recurring world-ocean crossing: swim across, holding the Name as the only flotation.
A Question to Sit With
What does your mind seem most "awake" to? Is that what you want it awake to?
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