ਕੁਸਮ ਰੰਗ ਸੰਗ ਰਸਿ ਰਚਿਆ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਏਕ ਉਪਾਇਓ ॥
kusam rang sang ras rachi-aa bikhi-aa ayk upaa-i-o.
He is engrossed in the delight of the flower's color; he strives only to indulge in corruption.
ਲੋਭ ਸੁਨੈ ਮਨਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਨੈ ਬੇਗਿ ਤਹਾ ਉਠਿ ਧਾਇਓ ॥੧॥
lobh sunai man sukh kar maanai bayg tahaa uth Dhaa-i-o. ||1||
Hearing about greed, he feels happy in his mind, and he runs after it. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Caught up in the delight of the flower's color, a person strives only after corruption.
Hearing of greed, the mind lights up and runs after it.
Left untended, the mind lights up at exactly the wrong things — which is why it needs retraining toward what actually nourishes.
The verse pictures the dreaming mind's appetites: enchanted by "the flower's color" (fleeting beauty and pleasure), running eagerly after greed. It is honest about how the untended mind lights up at exactly the wrong things — the mention of gain excites it. This is not condemnation but observation: left to itself, the mind is drawn to what harms it, which is why it needs the teaching to retrain its delight.
A Question to Sit With
What does your mind 'light up' at that isn't actually good for you? Could that delight be retrained?
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