Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਖਗਪਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਬਲ ਪਰਾਕ੍ਰਮੀ ਪਰਮਹੰਸ ਚਾਤੁਰ ਚਤੁਰ ਮੁਖ ਚੰਚਲ ਚਪਲ ਹੈ ।
khagapat prabal paraakramee paramahans chaatur chatur mukh chanchal chapal hai |Mind is like a large Garud (a bird that according to Hindu mythology is the transport of Lord Vishnu) that has very sharp flight, is very powerful, shrewd, clever, well aware of happenings in all four directions and is brisk like electricity.
ਭੁਜਬਲੀ ਅਸਟ ਭੁਜਾ ਤਾ ਕੇ ਚਾਲੀਸ ਕਰ ਏਕ ਸਉ ਅਰ ਸਾਠਿ ਪਾਉ ਚਾਲ ਚਲਾਚਲ ਹੈ ।
bhujabalee asatt bhujaa taa ke chaalees kar ek sau ar saatth paau chaal chalaachal hai |Like a maund, the mind is also powerful with eight arms (eight arms of maund-each of 5 seers) 40 hands (each hand is one seer of a maund). Thus it has 160 feet (each feet of a maund is of one pao). Its gait is very sharp and not likely to stop anywhere.
ਜਾਗ੍ਰਤ ਸੁਪਨ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਦਹਿਦਿਸ ਧਾਵੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਨ ਪ੍ਰਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਆਵੈ ਏਕ ਪਲ ਹੈ ।
jaagrat supan ahinis dahidis dhaavai tribhavan prat hoe aavai ek pal hai |This mind awake or asleep, day or night keeps wandering in all ten directions all the time. It visits all the three worlds in no time.
ਪਿੰਜਰੀ ਮੈ ਅਛਤ ਉਡਤ ਪਹੁਚੈ ਨ ਕੋਊ ਪੁਰ ਪੁਰ ਪੂਰ ਗਿਰ ਤਰ ਥਲ ਜਲ ਹੈ ।੨੩੦।
pinjaree mai achhat uddat pahuchai na koaoo pur pur poor gir tar thal jal hai |230|A bird in a cage cannot fly, but mind though in cage of the body flies to places where no one can reach. It has reach to the cities, mountains, jungles, in the water and even the deserts. (230)