Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
He keeps everything in His own Hands — nothing more can really be said.
Whatever He gives is what is received. The Guru has made me understand this.
The shortest theology in the hymn, and the most complete: everything in His Hands; nothing else can be said. Guru Amar Das offers the sentence almost with a shrug — kichh kahan na jaa-ee — not as a riddle but as the end of commentary: once the one Ownership is seen, elaboration only dilutes it. What follows is the whole of practical wisdom in seven words: whatever He gives is what is received. The endless human project of receiving something other than what is given — that is suffering's engine, and it is retired here in a single line.
What are you currently refusing to receive — and what would accepting it actually cost?
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