ਸੁਤ ਸੰਪਤਿ ਬਨਿਤਾ ਬਿਨੋਦ ॥ ਛੋਡਿ ਗਏ ਬਹੁ ਲੋਗ ਭੋਗ ॥੧॥
sut sampat banitaa binod. chhod ga-ay baho log bhog. ||1||
Many have renounced and left their children, wealth, spouses, joyful games and pleasures. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Think of everyone who has ever lived. All the children they loved, all the wealth they gathered, all the fun and games — every one of them eventually had to leave it all behind. None of it could travel with them.
Everything we gather is borrowed, not kept.
Sut sampat banitaa binod — children, riches, family, delights — the whole roster of things we build a life around. Chhod ga-ay baho log bhog simply observes: countless people have left all of it. This is not a teaching that family or joy are bad. It is the clear-eyed reminder that these things are borrowed, not kept, so we should not stake our whole peace on what cannot stay.
A Question to Sit With
What things do you treat as if you will keep them forever?
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