Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The five faults have spoiled my mind.
Moment by moment, they pull me further from the One.
This part says the five faults pull us away a little at a time.
In panchan — these five. They are the five faults Sikh teaching names: craving, anger, greed, clinging attachment, and ego. Mayro man jo bigaari-o — they have spoiled my mind.
Then a sharp observation. Pal pal har jee tay antar paari-o — moment by moment, they put distance between me and the One. Ravi Daas sees how it works. It isn't one big fall. It is a steady drift. Each small giving-in nudges him a little further away.
Think of a boat with no anchor. No big wave takes it. Tiny ripples carry it slowly out, until the shore is far away. That is how the distance from goodness usually grows: not by one big betrayal, but by a thousand tiny drifts. And seeing the drift clearly is where pushing back begins.
Does drifting away from something good usually happen all at once, or little by little? How might noticing the small drifts help?
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