ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mahalaa 3 |

Third Mehl:

ਮਨੁ ਕੁੰਚਰੁ ਪੀਲਕੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਕੁੰਡਾ ਜਹ ਖਿੰਚੇ ਤਹ ਜਾਇ ॥

man kunchar peelak guroo giaan kunddaa jeh khinche teh jaae |

The mind is the elephant, the Guru is the elephant-driver, and knowledge is the whip. Wherever the Guru drives the mind, it goes.

ਨਾਨਕ ਹਸਤੀ ਕੁੰਡੇ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਉਝੜਿ ਪਾਇ ॥੨॥

naanak hasatee kundde baaharaa fir fir ujharr paae |2|

O Nanak, without the whip, the elephant wanders into the wilderness, again and again. ||2||