Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I no longer belong to the ten senses. I have left them on their own, with no one to follow.
The Guru told me these pleasures are fires of poison.
Those who stay tied to them sink down to the lowest place.
The Guru has kept me safe, and I am held in loving tune with the One.
Pleasures the senses chase burn like fire, and the Guru keeps you in tune with the One.
Das naaree is an old picture word for our ten senses and body parts that go after pleasure, like eyes, ears and tongue. Duhaagan is a wife left alone. Guru Arjan says the senses no longer have him to lead around; he no longer lets them run his life.
Gur kahi-aa ayh raseh bikhaagan means the Guru showed him these pleasures are a burning fire. Chasing them wears a person out. Think of playing a video game all night: fun at first, then you feel empty and tired.
The verse warns that people who stay tied to them sink very low. But the Guru steadied him. Har liv laa-ay means he tuned his heart lovingly to the One.
When do your wants run you, instead of you running them?
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