Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The bankers are tangled with the wealth they have amassed.
But without devotion to the Lord, none of it makes a life acceptable.
This one says a full vault cannot take the place of a loving heart.
BanDhan saah sancheh Dhan jaa-ay — bankers are tied up with the wealth they pile up. Bin har bhagat na pav-ee thaa-ay — without devotion to the One, a life is not accepted.
The idea is being parvaan, accepted, the way a real coin is accepted at the bank. A banker knows better than anyone how to test a coin. Here the test turns around. In the end, the life itself is weighed, and piled-up money adds nothing to the scale.
Aasaa often uses trading pictures like this. There is a kind of wealth that fire cannot burn and thieves cannot steal. The banker's vault holds none of it unless the heart holds the Name.
What are you gathering that will actually count in the end?
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