Wealth

1. The big pompous men of the world,

Can be of no good to you, O ignorant man.
GURU V, GAURI RAG

2. Of what use is wealth,

Amassed by wrongful means?
GURU V, JAITSRI RAG

3. Worldly wealth is false capital,

One may lose it in a moment.
GURU III, GUJRI RAG

4. One is poisoned with the very wealth that one has accumulated,
It will prove unfaithful in the end.
GURU V, BIHAGARA RAG

5. Blessed is that hut wherein are sung the glories of the Lord;
The palace which leads people to forget the Master is of no use.
GURU V, SUHI RAG

6. There is no peace Even after earning much wealth.

GURU V, BHAIRO RAG

7. Why are you crying for wealth? All your yearning for riches is futile.
GURU V, GAURI RAG

8. Why amass that wealth Which will not go with you on your voyage?
GURU V, JAITSRI RAG

9. Nobody has brought wealth with him,And it will not go with anyone.
KABIRJI SARANG RAG

10. Some are rich and others are poor, It is all Thy sport.
GURU IV, ASA RAG

11. Rich are they who have earned His Nam Through the Grace of the True Guru.
GURU III, GAURI RAG

12. They that appear big and affluent,Are afflicted with the disease of worry.
GURU V, GAURI RAG

13. O Brother, neither riches nor thy body goes with thee;
The Lord's Nam is the real wealth, And it is gifted away to thee by the Guru.
GURU I, SRI RAG