ਪੰਚ ਦੂਤ ਕਾਇਆ ਸੰਘਾਰਹਿ ॥
panch doot kaa-i-aa sanghaareh.
The five demons destroy the body.
ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਵੀਚਾਰਹਿ ॥
mar mar jameh sabad na vichaareh.
He dies and dies again, only to be reincarnated; he does not contemplate the Shabad.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਗੁਬਾਰਾ ਜਿਉ ਸੁਪਨੈ ਸੁਧਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ਹੇ ॥੧੧॥
antar maa-i-aa moh gubaaraa ji-o supnai suDh na ho-ee hay. ||11||
The darkness of emotional attachment to Maya is within his inner being; as if in a dream, he does not understand. ||11||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Five restless pulls inside us, anger, greed, pride and their friends, can wear a person down.
Lost in them, a heart keeps circling and circling, never quite waking.
It is like being asleep inside a dream, not yet seeing what is here.
The five inner troublemakers keep us dreaming; waking up sets us free.
The five (panch doot) are inner impulses. Being caught in them is spiritual sleep, a dream from which one has not yet woken.
A Question to Sit With
Which of the five pulls (anger, greed, pride, and their friends) do you notice most?
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