Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A person's wealth keeps hitting them like a club, again and again, and wrongdoing walks beside them like a police officer.
Good or bad, each of us is as You look upon us, O One.
The very things we chase can turn on us, and everyone is held in the One's gaze.
Poonjee means wealth. Here it becomes a club that keeps hitting its owner. And wrongdoing follows a person around like a police officer on patrol.
Then Guru Nanak lands on a humbling truth. Bhaavai changa bhaavai mandaa jaisee nadar tumaaree — good or bad, each person is as You look upon them. Nadar means the One's loving glance. This is not saying nothing we do matters. It is a reminder that everything, even who we are becoming, rests inside a larger seeing. Think of a coach who watches every player on the field at once. Nobody falls outside that gaze.
What feels different when you remember you are always seen, and seen with kindness?
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