Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sometimes we travel far and wide looking for happiness. We forget to look in the one place we never checked: within.
Getting tangled up in things that cannot last keeps us wandering and restless. We stay that way until we gently turn homeward, and the knots loosen on their own.
A person can travel far looking for happiness and never look inside.
Disantar bhavai antar nahee bhaalay: he wanders to far lands but does not search within. Think of looking all over the house for your phone while it sits in your pocket.
Maa-i-aa mohi badhaa: he is caught by moh, clinging to Maya, the things of the world that cannot last. The verse says death's knot holds such a person and does not come loose. Doojai bhaa-ay bharmaa-idaa: he keeps wandering in doojai bhaa-ay, love of "the second thing," anything we put in place of the One.
The picture is strong because the danger is real. Chasing only outside things keeps us restless, round and round. The way out is already inside: turning home, and looking within.
What is somewhere close by that you have never explored?
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