Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I looked everywhere — forests, fields, far and wide — and everywhere I turned, it was all Your doing.
You are the Giver, and every one of us is asking at Your door. You even give before we ask — so who else would I ever praise?
The searching self reports back: I searched jungles, forests, fields — and found that You created everything and You alone are permanent. The verse melts into pure gratitude: You are the Giver, all are Your beggars — and the tender detail that lifts it above ordinary thanks: You give even when we do not ask (bin maangi-ai). The gifts come ahead of the request. After searching the whole world, the seeker finds the Giver was behind all of it the whole time, handing out more than anyone thought to ask for.
What good things came to you that you never even thought to ask for?
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