ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਅਚੇਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਚੇਤਹਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਜਾਈ ॥੧੫॥
tarai gun achayt naam cheeteh naahee bin naavai binas jaa-ee. ||15||
Trapped by the three qualities, the unconscious person does not think of the Naam; without the Name, he wastes away. ||15||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Caught by three forces — the pull to rest, the pull to rush, the pull to grab — the half-asleep mind does not think of the Naam.
Without the Naam, a person's life wears away.
Caught in the three pulls, the half-asleep mind forgets the Naam.
Trai gun are the three qualities of nature (in the old teaching: stillness, restless motion, and heaviness — here glossed as rest, rush, and grab). The achet (unaware) mind, tossed among them, forgets naam. The remedy is waking up, not condemnation.
A Question to Sit With
When do you feel “half-asleep” to what matters most?
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