ਕਹਤ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤੂ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਤੇਰੇ ਕਾਮਾਂ ॥
kahat naanak too saachaa saahib ka-un jaanai tayray kaamaaN.
Says Nanak, You are the True Lord and Master; who can know Your actions?
ਇਕਨਾ ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਇਕਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਭਵਹਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨਾ ॥੪॥੩॥
iknaa ghar meh day vadi-aa-ee ik bharam bhaveh abhimaanaa. ||4||3||
Some are blessed with glory in their own homes, while others wander in doubt and pride. ||4||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak says: You are the True One — who could ever fully understand the things You do?
To some You give a quiet greatness right where they live; others keep wandering, tangled in doubt and pride. It is all a mystery held in Your hands.
The One's ways are a mystery too big to fully grasp — and that is a kind of peace.
Understanding has a limit here, and that limit carries no fear. The contrast — some at home in greatness, some wandering in abhimaan (pride) — describes states of heart, not a verdict; pride here is the disease that keeps a person circling.
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