ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਸਗਲ ਹੈ ਸੁਪਨੋ ਦੇਖਿ ਕਹਾ ਲੋਭਾਵੈ ॥
ih sansaar sagal hai supno daykh kahaa lobhaavai.
This whole world is just a dream; why does seeing it fill you with greed?
ਜੋ ਉਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਨਾਸੈ ਰਹਨੁ ਨ ਕੋਊ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੧॥
jo upjai so sagal binaasai rahan na ko-oo paavai. ||1||
Everything that has been created will be destroyed; nothing will remain. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This whole world is like a dream — so why let the sight of it fill you with wanting more and more?
Everything that comes into being will one day pass; nothing here gets to stay.
Nothing here stays, so grasping for more never fills you.
Ih sansaar sagal hai supno — the whole world is a dream. Greed for what is bound to pass makes little sense once you see it clearly. So let go of grasping, and hold the world lightly.
A Question to Sit With
When has wanting more of something not made you any happier?
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