Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Here is a wonder I've noticed: whatever the One does turns out to be fair and right.
The One made this whole beautiful playground of a world, where everyone comes for a while and then moves on.
Some people meet a wise teacher and feel warmly invited home; others wander, tangled in worry and doubt.
Only the One knows how vast it all is — the One who fills every bit of it. And the One is always fair to everyone.
This Chhant by Guru Arjan, the fifth Guru, opens with a word of trust: achraj — a wonder, a marvel — "whatever He does is righteous and just." The world is called a sohilaa / khel — a beautiful arena or play, "where all come and go." This is Sikhism's serene view of life and death: not a tragedy but a coming-and-going in a well-made place, staged by One who is even-handed. The refrain-word piaare — "O my Dear Beloved" — addresses fellow-seekers with tenderness. The teaching to a child is a deep reassurance: the universe is not random or unfair at its root; behind everything is a fairness we can trust even when we can't see the whole picture. "You alone know Your limits" keeps proper humility — we don't have to understand it all to trust it.
When something feels unfair, what would it be like to trust that you might not be seeing the whole picture yet?
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