ਜੇ ਦੇਹਿ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਤਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਇਤ ਉਤ ਤੁਝਹਿ ਧਿਆਉ ॥
jay deh vadi-aa-ee taa tayree vadi-aa-ee it ut tujheh Dhi-aa-o.
If you bestow greatness, then it is Your greatness; here and hereafter, I meditate on You.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤੇ ਮੈ ਤਾਣੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਉ ॥੪॥੭॥੪੬॥
naanak kay parabh sadaa sukh-daatay mai taan tayraa ik naa-o. ||4||7||46||
The Lord God of Nanak is forever the Giver of peace; Your Name is my only strength. ||4||7||46||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If You grant me any greatness, the greatness is Yours; here and hereafter, I meditate on You.
The One is forever the giver of peace to Nanak — Your Name is my only strength.
Any greatness you're given is really the Giver's — and the Name is your only real strength.
The close keeps even greatness humble: "if You bestow greatness, then it is Your greatness." Any honor the soul receives belongs to the Giver, not the receiver. And the Name is named the soul's "only strength" — all power is borrowed from the One.
A Question to Sit With
What good in you might you hold more lightly, knowing it was given?
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