Distracted by all sorts of distractions, it wanders around aimlessly in the ten directions.

You are distracted by thoughts of Maya and worldly attachment.

The birds in the beautiful trees fly around in all four directions. The more they fly around, the more they suffer; they burn and cry out in pain.

No one else can save you - don't look for anyone else. I have searched in all four directions; I have come to find His Sanctuary. O Nanak, the True King has pulled me out and saved me from drowning!

You may have a throne at the royal court, with beautiful decorations and soft carpets, all sorts of luscious fruits and beautiful gardens, the excitement of the chase and princely pleasures - but still, the mind is not made happy by such illusory diversions.

What good are the ceremonial lines drawn around your kitchen, when these four are seated there with you?