jay kisai kihu dis aavai taa ko-ee kihu mang la-ay akai ko-ee kihu dayvaa-ay ayhu har Dhan jor keetai kisai naal na jaa-ay vandaa-i-aa.
If someone sees something, he may ask for it; or, someone may cause it to be given to him. But no one can take a share of this wealth of the Lord by force.
jis no satgur naal har sarDhaa laa-ay tis har Dhan kee vand hath aavai jis no kartai Dhur likh paa-i-aa.
He alone obtains a share of the wealth of the Lord, who is blessed by the Creator with faith and devotion to the True Guru, according to his pre-ordained destiny.
is har Dhan kaa ko-ee sareek naahee kisai kaa khat naahee kisai kai seev bannai rol naahee jay ko har Dhan kee bakheelee karay tis kaa muhu har chahu kundaa vich kaalaa karaa-i-aa.
No one is a share-holder in this wealth of the Lord, and no one owns any of it. It has no boundaries or borders to be disputed. If anyone speaks ill of the wealth of the Lord, his face will be blackened in the four directions.
har kay ditay naal kisai jor bakheelee na chal-ee dihu dihu nit nit charhai savaa-i-aa. ||9||
No one's power or slander can prevail against the gifts of the Lord; day by day they continually, continuously increase. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In plain words
The wealth of the One is a jewel, and the Guru is the one who helps you receive it.
Ordinary treasures can be asked for, handed over, or taken -- but this one can never be seized by force.
A share of it comes to the heart that is given trust and devotion toward the Guru.
No one owns it, no one can fence it off, and there are no borders to fight over.
No scheming can touch what the One gives; day by day it only grows.
Some treasures can be taken or fought over; the deepest one can only be received and only grows.
The deeper layer
The ninth numbered Pauri (Guru Ram Das). The extended contrast is delightful for a child: ordinary wealth can be begged, given, or grabbed -- but ayhu har dhan jor keetai kisai naal na jaa-ay vandaa-i-aa, the Name's wealth cannot be taken by force or divided up. There are no seev bannai (boundaries or property-lines) to dispute. The slander-motif returns and is again rendered as self-defeat: scheming cannot prevail against a gift, which only grows. A treasure with no downside -- unstealable, unsharable-out, ever-increasing.
A Question to Sit With
What is something good that grows the more you have it, instead of running out?
