Friday, May 31, 2019

Couplet 242-243


زر خِرد  را والہ و شید ا کند

Gold makes intellect bewildered



خاصہ مُفلسِ راکہ خوش رسوا کند


Particularly a poor one embarrassing

زر اگرچہ عقل می آرد و لیک

Gold, though creates intellect,



مردِ عاقل باید اُو را نیک نیک


But you need to be an intelligent and pious person


                      This is in the words of Maulana Rum (little digressing from the story) that the gold (i.e. wealth) makes a man bewildered and enamored, particularly those who are poor and completely embarrass them, because of greed. Though wealth and gold increase the intelligence but not of everybody. For this to happen, a highly intelligent person is needed, who expend the money for good purposes, which makes him the flag bearer and good servant of his path, the knowledge of which does not come without knowledge of path and internal capacity.

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