Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whatever the One does is exactly what happens -- that is the steady ground under everything.
Getting tangled up in lucky days and unlucky omens just splits your attention and pulls you away from that steady ground. Without the Guru, it is like stumbling in the dark -- anyone can lose their way there, and it is an easy mistake to make.
Nanak says: turn toward the Guru, and understanding comes. Then you rest, calm and whole, in the one Name that is always here -- no calendar required.
The closing pauri, and the sharpest word on the calendar. thitee vaar doojaa do-ay -- fixating on days breeds duality and division. mugadh gavaar ("idiots and fools" who worry over omens) becomes "an easy mistake anyone can make" -- the ego's error, never contempt for people. ikat naam sadaa rahi-aa samaa-ay -- resting forever in the one Name, not the date: the capstone of all three compositions' shared theme -- grace, not the calendar.
What would change if you treated every day as a good day to do good?
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