ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ਸਿਆਣਪਾ ਕਿਤੈ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਈਐ ॥
chaturaa-ee si-aanpaa kitai kaam na aa-ee-ai.
Cunning and cleverness are of no use.
ਤੁਠਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਜੋ ਦੇਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੩॥
tuthaa saahib jo dayvai so-ee sukh paa-ee-ai. ||3||
That which the Lord Master gives, by the Pleasure of His Will - that is pleasing to me. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Cunning and cleverness are of no use.
Whatever the Master gives, by the Pleasure of His Will — that is what pleases me.
Cleverness gets you nowhere with the One — accepting what it gives is everything.
Two of the block's recurring notes: "cunning and cleverness are of no use" (scheming gets you nowhere with the One, cf. Shabad 96), and "that which the Lord gives... is pleasing to me" (bhana mitha, the Will accepted as sweet). Drop the cleverness; accept the gift.
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When has being clever failed you, and acceptance served you better?
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