ਦਾਰਾ ਮੀਤ ਪੂਤ ਰਥ ਸੰਪਤਿ ਧਨ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਭ ਮਹੀ ॥
daaraa meet poot rath sampat Dhan pooran sabh mahee.
Wife, friends, children, carriages, property, total wealth, the entire world
ਅਵਰ ਸਗਲ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਏ ਜਾਨਉ ਭਜਨੁ ਰਾਮੁ ਕੋ ਸਹੀ ॥੧॥
avar sagal mithi-aa ay jaan-o bhajan raam ko sahee. ||1||
- know that all of these things are false. The Lord's meditation alone is true. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The people and things we treasure are gifts to love while we have them — but none of them last forever.
What truly stays with you is the One held close in your heart; that is the real and lasting thing.
Love the passing gifts — and hold close what truly lasts.
daaraa meet poot rath sampat dhan — family, friends, carriages, property, wealth; avar sagal mithiaa — all of it is passing; bhajan raam ko sahee — remembrance of the One is the real thing. This is sach, the real, set beside jhooth, the passing. Reframed gently: love them fully, but know what endures.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you treasure that money could never replace?
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