Greed !

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This Shabad is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Salok Sehshritee on Pannaa 1358


hy loBw lµpt sMg isrmorh Aink lhrI klolqy ]
DwvMq jIAw bhu pRkwrM Aink BWiq bhu folqy ]
nc imqRM nc iestM nc bwDv nc mwq ipqw qv ljXw ]
AkrxM kroiq AKwid´ Kwd´M Aswj´M swij smjXw ]
qRwih qRwih srix suAwmI ibg´wipo nwnk hir nrhrh ]48]

hae lobhaa la(n)patt sa(n)g siramoreh anik leharee kalolathae ||
dhhaava(n)th jeeaa bahu prakaara(n) anik bhaa(n)th bahu ddolathae ||
nach mithra(n) nach eisatta(n) nach baadhhav nach maath pithaa thav lajayaa ||
akarana(n) karoth akhaadhiy khaadhya(n) asaajya(n) saaj samajayaa ||
thraahi thraahi saran suaamee bigyaapio naanak har narehareh ||48||


O greed, you cling to even the great, assaulting them with countless waves.
You cause them to run around wildly in all directions, wobbling and wavering unsteadily.
You have no respect for friends, ideals, relations, mother or father.
You make them do what they should not do. You make them eat what they should not eat. You make them accomplish what they should not accomplish.
Save me, save me - I have come to Your Sanctuary, O my Lord and Master; Nanak prays to the Lord. ||48||


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