Duni

Duni (ਦੁਨੀ – Worldly Honor/Wealth)

GUurmat warns against losing Truth for the sake of worldly honor (duni):

ਕਬੀਰ ਦੀਨੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਦੁਨੀ ਸਿਉ ਦੁਨੀ ਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਸਾਥਿ ॥

A person clings to izzat, wealth, or worldly chaudhary (status).

In doing so, they lose the Truth (deen).

Yet, this worldly honor never accompanies them after death.

Connection to Baans:

Just like baans grows tall but is fruitless,

Such a person makes themselves “big” in worldly eyes,

But remains spiritually hollow — prideful without fragrance.

Gurmat Teaching:

Worldly prestige is temporary and perishable.

Only Gurmat fragrance (like Chandan) accompanies the soul.

ਪਾਇ ਕੁਹਾੜਾ ਮਾਰਿਆ ਗਾਫਲਿ ਅਪੁਨੈ ਹਾਥਿ ॥੧੩॥ “For the sake of the world, one abandons Truth (deen = the voice of the inner soul); it is like an axe striking one’s own foot.”