"Recite God's Name" ("Shiv Nam Bhaju")
1. Recite God’s name, O man! Recite God’s name. Look deeply into your mind and be aware.
2. You have collected a great deal of wealth and have safely buried (secured) it. But you will leave the world empty-handed.
3. Your grandfather, great-grandfather, and great great grandfather possessed land and pots (valuable articles).
4. Why did they leave these and go? Are you not aware, or are your inner eyes (perception) blind?
5. The world is engaged in a futile business. In the end no one stands by you, and you depart alone.
6. Birth and death are transient and take no time. They are like the shadows of passing clouds.
7. What is there to boast about relatives, lineage, clan and family when all are transient?
8. Without devotion to God’s name all of your cleverness drowned.
2. You have collected a great deal of wealth and have safely buried (secured) it. But you will leave the world empty-handed.
3. Your grandfather, great-grandfather, and great great grandfather possessed land and pots (valuable articles).
4. Why did they leave these and go? Are you not aware, or are your inner eyes (perception) blind?
5. The world is engaged in a futile business. In the end no one stands by you, and you depart alone.
6. Birth and death are transient and take no time. They are like the shadows of passing clouds.
7. What is there to boast about relatives, lineage, clan and family when all are transient?
8. Without devotion to God’s name all of your cleverness drowned.
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