Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
"Where does this elephant of a mind live? Where does the breath live?
Where should the Word live, O hermit, so the mind stops wandering?"
When the One looks with grace and leads you to the True Guru, this mind finds its home within.
When the ego eats itself up, you grow spotless, and the racing mind is held still.
"How do you know the root of all? How does the soul know itself? How does the sun come into the moon's house?"
Nanak says: facing the Guru, you clear the ego out from inside, and then the sun enters the moon's house with ease.
The huge, restless mind settles into its own home once grace leads you to the Guru and the ego is spent.
Man maigal, the mind-elephant, is huge and hard to steer. The answer is grace, the True Guru, and the ego eating itself up (aapai aap khaa-ay). The sun entering the house of the moon is awareness lighting up the mind, in sahj, natural ease.
What finally settles your mind when it is charging around like an elephant?
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