Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Only the one who wins the battle with their own mind goes free — and once won, the glitter can't stick to them again.
They come to live in the highest inner room, and from there they understand all the worlds.
This line says the only battle that really matters is with your own restless mind.
Say-ay mukat je man jineh — they alone are free who win over their own mind. After that, Dhaat na laagai aa-ay — the pull of Maya does not stick to them again. Maya is the shiny glitter of the world that makes us forget the One. It slides off a steady mind the way rain beads off a raincoat.
Then the verse uses an old picture: dasvai du-aar, the Tenth Gate. The body has nine openings, like eyes, ears and mouth. The Tenth Gate is the inner doorway past all of them, a place of higher awareness. Living there, a person taribhavan sojhee paa-ay — understands all three worlds.
The win is quiet and inside. There is no enemy out there to fight. It is just our own scattered, grabbing mind, learning to sit still.
What does 'winning the battle with your own mind' look like on an ordinary, hard day for you?
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