Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everything happens by the One's doing — it needs no one else's permission.
We all live on what the One provides; every one of us depends on that gift.
A thankful heart receives everything, warmed by that endless kindness.
The truly rich person is the one carrying a cargo of goodness inside.
This Pauree pairs dependence with gratitude: "everyone eats whatever You give — all are subservient to You." We forget how much we simply receive — food, breath, life itself — none of it self-made. The Vaar keeps us honest about this: we are all fed from one hand. Then the merchant image Guru Arjan loves reappears: "he alone is a true banker who loads the merchandise of the Name" — real wealth is a heart freighted with goodness, not a purse full of coins. "Praise the Lord who has destroyed the pile of the love of duality" — the goal is undoing the me-versus-them split. For a child: nearly everything you have is a gift you didn't make — and the richest person is the one whose heart is loaded with good.
What are some things you depend on every day that you didn't make yourself?
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