ਸੋ ਪਤਿਵੰਤਾ ਸੋ ਧਨਵੰਤਾ ॥
so pativantaa so Dhanvantaa.
He alone is honorable, and he alone is wealthy,
ਜਿਸੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਵੰਤਾ ॥
jis man vasi-aa har bhagvantaa.
within whose mind the Lord God abides.
ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਬੰਧਪ ਭਾਈ ਜਿਨਿ ਇਹ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੫॥
maat pitaa sut banDhap bhaa-ee jin ih sarisat upaa-ee hay. ||5||
He alone is my mother, father, child, relative and sibling, who created this Universe. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The one whose heart holds the One — that is the one who is honored, that is the one who is rich.
That One is like my mother and father, my child and my sibling all at once — the maker of this whole wide world.
Real wealth is holding the One who is family to everyone.
True honor (pativantaa) and true wealth (dhanvantaa) are inner, not outer: they belong to whoever holds har bhagvantaa in the heart. The One is named as every relation — maat pitaa sut bandhap bhaaee — the complete family behind all families.
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