ਸੂਰਜੁ ਤਪੈ ਅਗਨਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਝਾਲਾ ॥
sooraj tapai agan bikh jhaalaa.
The scorching sun blazes with flames of poison.
ਅਪਤੁ ਪਸੂ ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਬੇਤਾਲਾ ॥
apat pasoo manmukh baytaalaa.
The self-willed manmukh is dishonored, a beast, a demon.
ਆਸਾ ਮਨਸਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ਰੋਗੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਬੁਰਿਆਰਾ ਹੇ ॥੭॥
aasaa mansaa koorh kamaaveh rog buraa buri-aaraa hay. ||7||
Trapped by hope and desire, he practices falsehood, and is afflicted by the terrible disease of corruption. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Never-ending wanting can burn inside like the noonday sun, hot and restless.
Chasing more and more, a person loses touch with their own gentle, true self.
This is a kind of fever of the heart, something to heal. The cool water of the Naam soothes it.
Endless wanting is a fever, and the Name cools it.
Sooraj tapai agan bikh jhaalaa — the sun blazes with poisoned flame. Aasaa mansaa, hope and desire, burn like that inside. They are a rog, a disease — a fever of the heart, healed by the cool water of the Naam.
A Question to Sit With
What cools you down when you feel like you just want more and more?
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