ਅੰਤਰਿ ਅਗਨਿ ਜਲੈ ਭੜਕਾਰੇ ॥
antar agan jalai bhatkaaray.
The great fire of desire blazes within her.
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਤਕੇ ਕੁੰਡਾ ਚਾਰੇ ॥
manmukh takay kundaa chaaray.
The self-willed manmukh looks around in the four directions.
ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਕਿਉ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਾਚੇ ਹਾਥਿ ਵਡਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੨॥
bin satgur sayvay ki-o sukh paa-ee-ai saachay haath vadaa-ee hay. ||2||
Without serving the True Guru, how can she find peace? Glorious greatness rests in the hands of the True Lord. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sometimes a fire of wanting flares up inside me, and I go looking all around, in every direction, for something to cool it.
But peace was never out there to begin with.
It comes when I serve the Guru; greatness rests in the hands of the True One.
The peace I chase in every direction is found by settling in one place inside.
The blazing inner fire and the looking in all four directions describe the restless, outward-searching mind. Greatness (vadaa-ee) is in the True One's hands, found by settling, with no need to chase.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you chase after that would feel better if you just paused?
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