Do not boast of your possessions - Maa kuru dhan-jan-yauvana garvam

Maa kuru Dhan-Jan-Yauvana garvam

Harati Nimeshat-kalah Sarvam

Mayamaymidam akhilam hitva

Brahmapadam tvam pravish viditva. 

               Bhaj Govindam - 11 (Adi Shankracharya)

Do not boast of your youth, wealth, power, or social strength based on the number of friends, followers, well-wishers, etc.

All these can be destroyed within a minute by a stroke of time.  

Free yourself from the illusion of the world of Maya and attain the Brahmapadam - the timeless Truth.

Adi Shankracharya warns that having pride or ego about any kind of possessions we have, is false and illusionary. 

Because nothing in this transitory world stays the same forever. 

The aging process takes away the youth. 

Money and other possessions can be stolen, spent, or lost. 

Social and political power can change overnight. 

The only constant is the Self. 

After realizing this fact, we should establish ourselves with Gyana and consciously try to achieve a state of enlightenment.

        Word-by-word meaning:

Maa kuru - Do not do 

Dhan - Wealth

Jan - People, Public (here it means social power based on the number of friends, followers, well-wishers, etc.

Yauvana - Youth

Garvam - Ego, pride, Arrogance

Harati - Takes away

Nimeshat - in a moment

Kalah - Time

Sarvam - All (of these)

Maayaamayam- full of illusory nature

Idam - this

Akhilam - all

Budhvaa - by knowing this, by realizing it

Brahmapadam - the state of Brahman - uniting with the Almighty

Tvam - you

Pravisha - enter into

Viditvaa - Knowingly, Consciously, having Gyana