Originally I used to think that the Pankiti - ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਮਨਿ ਹੋਰੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਰੁ ਸਿ ਕਾਂਢੇ ਕਚਿਆ ॥੧॥ - pertains to such people who deceive other people by speaking sweet from their mouth and at the same time harbour ill-feelings in their hearts. Most translators too have translated this Pankiti in similar meaning but when you look at the first Pankiti, we get the idea that this Pankiti actually pertains to a spiritual Avastha as opposed to worldly morality. This does not mean that worldly morality should not be kept; the fact of the matter is that worldly morality comes about to Gursikhs quite naturally.
The first Pankiti - ਦਿਲਹੁ ਮੁਹਬਤਿ ਜਿੰਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਸੇਈ ਸਚਿਆ ॥॥ - makes it clear that only such individuals who have love (Mohabbat) from heart are authentic. The second Pankiti gives us Hukam that ones who have different thoughts or words in their mouth and heart are fakes. Everyday, when we do Gurbani Paath and Simran, we should remember this Pankiti. If we are saying Gurbani or Naam from our mouth but at the same time, some other Trai-Gunni thoughts are pervading our mind, then we are fakes. Only if we have love from heart, can we align our mouth and heart in such a way that the words of our mouth reflect what's going on in our heart.
Every time a non-Gurbani thought or a non-Naam thought comes in our mind while we are doing Gurbani Paath or Simran, we become fake lovers of Vaheguru. So high are the Gurmat standards of divine love.
When doing Gurbani Paath, our mind should be alertly listening to Gurbani and simultaneously doing Vichaar of Gurbani also and if there is still room open for thoughts to come, then we should do Simran of Naam at the same time. This will cover the wandering of the mind for the most part. Similarly, when doing Naam Simran, we should be attentively and lovingly listening to the voice or Dhuni of Naam and if there is still room for wandering of the mind, then we should start some Gurbani Paath e.g. Siri Sukhmani Sahib, Siri Jap jee Sahib or simply the Manglacharan.
May Guru Sahib bless us with one-mindedness while doing Paath and Simran, so that we may achieve our spiritual goals sooner than later.
Kulbir Singh
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥