ਜੋ ਸੰਪਤਿ ਅਪਨੀ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਨੀ ਛਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਭਈ ਪਰਾਈ ॥
jo sampat apnee kar maanee chhin meh bha-ee paraa-ee.
That wealth, which he believes to be his own, in an instant, belongs to another.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਯਹ ਸੋਚ ਰਹੀ ਮਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਕਬਹੂ ਨ ਗਾਈ ॥੨॥੨॥
kaho naanak yeh soch rahee man har jas kabhoo na gaa-ee. ||2||2||
Says Nanak, this still really bothers my mind - I never sang the Praises of the Lord. ||2||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The things I call mine were only ever passing through my hands. In a blink they belong to someone else.
Nanak says: the one treasure worth gathering is singing the praise of the One, because that is the treasure that stays.
What you own is borrowed; what you love in the One is kept.
Possessions are sampat that becomes paraa-ee, another's, in an instant. Singing the praise of the One is the lasting treasure; choose it now, clear-eyed and without shame.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you value that money could never buy?
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