ਪੰਚ ਦੋਖ ਛਿਦ੍ਰ ਇਆ ਤਨ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਖੈ ਬਿਆਧਿ ਕੀ ਕਰਣੀ ॥
panch dokh chhidar i-aa tan meh bikhai bi-aaDh kee karnee.
The five wicked enemies are within this body; they lead the mortal to practice evil and corruption.
ਆਸ ਅਪਾਰ ਦਿਨਸ ਗਣਿ ਰਾਖੇ ਗ੍ਰਸਤ ਜਾਤ ਬਲੁ ਜਰਣੀ ॥੧॥
aas apaar dinas gan raakhay garsat jaat bal jarnee. ||1||
He has infinite hope, but his days are numbered, and old age is sapping his strength. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Inside me live five old troublemakers — craving, anger, greed and their friends — always nudging me toward what harms me.
My hopes stretch on and on, while my days are counted and my strength slowly fades. Let me spend those days on what lasts.
Your days are a limited, precious gift — worth spending on what lasts.
The five faults are troublemakers to notice and heal, and each day is a gift to treasure.
Panch dokh — the five faults (craving, anger, greed, attachment, pride) — are named as troublemakers to notice, an illness to heal. Dinas gan raakhay — the days are counted — makes each day a gift to treasure now.
A Question to Sit With
If today were a gift you could not get back, what would you most want to do with it?
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