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Ang 1428Salok Ninth MehlGuru Guru Tegh Bahadur

ਮਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੈ ਰਮਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਨਿਕਸਤ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਮੀਤ ॥

man maaeaa mai ram rahio nikasat naahin meet |

The mind is absorbed in Maya - it cannot escape it, my friend.

ਨਾਨਕ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਜਿਉ ਛਾਡਿਤ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਭੀਤਿ ॥੩੭॥

naanak moorat chitr jiau chhaaddit naahin bheet |37|

Nanak, it is like a picture painted on the wall - it cannot leave it. ||37||