Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
'My body and my wealth, my ruling power, my beautiful form and country — mine!'
You may have children, a wife, many pleasures and fine clothes.
And yet, if the Name of the Lord does not abide within the heart, none of it has any use or value.
The litany of possession in Pauri 0: mera tan mera dhan, meri pati parbhaao — my body, my wealth, my reputation and power. The possessive mera (mine) repeated: my body, my ruling power, my beautiful form, my country. And then: wife, children, pleasures, fine clothes.
None of it. Kiachhu kaam na aavai — none of it comes to any use or value — without the Naam in the heart.
The indictment is not of having things. It is of having everything except the Naam within the heart, which makes everything else a null set.
What is on your list of 'mine'? And for each thing on it, what would remain if the Name were not also present in your heart while you held it?
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