Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
With my mouth I speak slander, day and night. I spy on other people's business — I am a wretched low-life.
Wild wants and anger burn in my body.
I live as a wild hunter, O Creator!
The speaker keeps going, owning even more of what is wrong inside him.
Mukh nindaa aakhaa din raat: "With my mouth I speak slander, day and night." Slander means saying unkind, untrue things about people behind their backs. Par ghar johee: "I spy into other people's homes," poking into their business. Kaam (strong, grabbing desire) and krodh (anger) live in his body. These are not someone else's faults. He names them as his own.
Some people who help others change call this a "fearless moral inventory." It's like cleaning out your school bag and taking out every crumpled paper, one by one. You don't beat yourself up over the mess. You don't hide it either. You just see it clearly.
The people who can name their own faults without falling apart, and without making excuses, are the ones who can really change.
Is there something about yourself you know is not working but you haven't admitted out loud — even to yourself? What happens when you name it?
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