ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਪੰਖੀ ਭਇਓ ਉਡਿ ਉਡਿ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਜਾਇ ॥ कबीर मनु पंखी भइओ उडि उडि दह दिस जाइ ॥ Kabīr man pankẖī bẖa▫i▫o ud ud ḏah ḏis jā▫e. Kabeer, the mind has become a bird; it soars and flies in the ten directions.
ਮਨੁ = mind; ਪੰਖੀ = birds; ਭਇਓ = happened, become; ਉਡਿ = fly; ਦਹ = 10; ਜਾਇ = goes, ਜੈਸੀ = that; ਸੰਗਤਿ = company; ਮਿਲੈ = meets, keeps; ਫਲੁ = flowers/fruits; ਖਾਇ = eats.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/gurmat-vichaar-project/23905-gurbani-contemplation-selok-bhagat-kabir-ji.html ਜੋ ਜੈਸੀ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੋ ਤੈਸੋ ਫਲੁ ਖਾਇ ॥੮੬॥ जो जैसी संगति मिलै सो तैसो फलु खाइ ॥८६॥ Jo jaisī sangaṯ milai so ṯaiso fal kẖā▫e. ||86|| According to the company it keeps, so are the fruits it eats. ||86||
On a daily basis our minds are distracted and entranced by the people around us and the situations we’re in. Our minds control us, control the way we think and as a result control our actions. Just like a bird flies, our mind flies around.
In another shabad the '10 directions' explanation is given thus,
ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਧਾਇ ਮਹਾ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਕਉ ਪਰ ਧਨ ਛੀਨਿ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਹਰਿਓ ਹੈ ॥1388
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=23905
दह दिस धाइ महा बिखिआ कउ पर धन छीनि अगिआन हरिओ है ॥
He runs around in the ten directions, for the sake of the great poison of corruption.
He steals the wealth of others, and in the end, he is destroyed by his own ignorance.