Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, really look — what have you set your heart on?
Forget the Name and get hooked on lesser tastes, and later you're left wishing you hadn't.
When good things arrive you're thrilled; when they leave you cry — and so joy and pain stay stitched to your side, taking turns. The One hands out both, actually. And the heart facing the teaching stays lovingly steady through all of it.
The rahaao: man ray samajh kavan mat laagaa — "O mind, understand — what have you fixed your attention on?" The core teaching is emotional: attaching to passing things means riding their up-and-down forever — aavat ka-o harakh jaat ka-o roveh, thrilled when things come, weeping when they go. The abhaagaa ("unfortunate") is softened; the point is the exhausting seesaw, not a curse. The liberating turn: aapay dukh sukh bhog bhogaavai — the same One gives both joy and pain — so the gurmukh so anraagaa, the teaching-faced heart, stays lovingly even, not tossed by either. Equanimity (sahaj) is the fruit.
What is something you get really excited about — and how do you feel when it ends?
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