Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
Is this mind a householder, with a home and family, or is it someone who has left everything behind?
Is this mind beyond every label of class, lasting forever and never changing?
Is this mind restless, or is it free of clinging?
How did this mind get caught by the feeling of "mine"?
Your mind is worth wondering about: what is it, and how did it get so caught up in "mine"?
The song opens with ik-onkaar satgur parsaad: One Creator, known by the True Guru's grace. Then it asks a string of questions. Ih man girhee ke ih man udaasee: is this mind a girhee, someone with a home and family, or an udaasee, someone who has left it all behind? Is it avinaasee, lasting forever, beyond every label of class? Is it chanchal, jumpy and restless, or calm and free?
The verse doesn't answer yet. It just wonders. Think of looking in a mirror and asking, "Who am I?" The last question matters most: how did this mind get so stuck on mamtaa, the feeling of "mine, mine, mine"?
How would you describe your own mind, if a friend asked what it is like?
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