Holy Avtar Vani - Shabad no. 9 (a)
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Sabh ton vaddi daat ih tainoon bakhshi sundar kaya ey; Par ih samajh amanat ihdi sara mal paraya ey. Man hai jisde akhe lag ke har vele toon honai khwar; Sari dunia apni samjhen karna eyn jhutha hankar. Mahal madian kutambh kabila jinni tere maya ey; Jo kujh disdai sabh kujh jhuthai chaldi phirdi chhaya ey. Vartde hoyan ehna noon je hukam rab da janenga; Haumain rog na lagge tainoo bande maujan manenga. Jisdi vastoo ohdi samjhen kamm ki takrar da ey; Kahe avtar ih pehla pran ey tan man dhan nirankar da ey. |
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The greatest gift of God to you is this beautiful body; But consider it as a trust by God and nothing belongs to you. It is the mind swayed by whom you are all the time Indulging in fruitless wandering; You consider whole of the world as yours and you are indulging in false pride. All palaces , mansions, the family, tribe and all your wealth; All that is visible is false , and a moving shadow While making use of all these assets , if you remain conscious of the Divine Will You will not be afflicted by the malady of ego, O’ man, you will always remain joyful Treat all the assets as ultimately belonging to the One who owns them and there should be no dispute about it; Avtar says , the first pledge is that the body, mind and material possessions belong to The formless One – Nirankar. |
Meaning
The greatest gift of God to you, O’ man, is this beautiful body; but you should consider it as a trust by God, and nothing belongs to you. It is the mind, influenced by whom, you are misled every time. You consider everything as yours and in result, you are indulging in the false pride. 
The palaces and mansions, your family, tribe, wealth, all what you possess; all that is visible is false, and just a moving shadow. While making use of all these assets, if you will surrender to the Divine will; you shall not be troubled with the disease of ego, and will always remain happy. O’ man, you must treat all your assets as belonging to God and there should be no dispute about this; Avtar says, the first pledge is that the body, mind and material assets all belong to the Formless God - Nirankar.