Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Each of us comes into the world with good and worthy things to reach for.
But it is easy to get so hungry for shiny, passing stuff that I let the greatest treasure, freedom inside, slip through my fingers. That treasure is worth keeping.
Each life comes with a treasure worth keeping.
Chaar padaarath lai jag janmi-aa — we are born carrying the four great aims of life. Siv saktee ghar vaas Dharay — the soul makes its home in the world of matter and energy.
Then hunger arrives. Laagee bhookh maa-i-aa mag johai — the eyes start watching the road where money and things come from. And attachment quietly takes away mukat padaarath, the treasure of freedom.
Think of trading a family heirloom for a toy that breaks in a week. The swap felt exciting. Later, you wish you had kept what mattered.
What is something worth not trading away, no matter how tempting the swap?
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