Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. The One is found by the True Guru's grace.
O my own heart, why do you blame the One when trouble comes? You have forgotten how things work.
The hard times and the good times grow out of your own deeds, the way a plant grows from the seeds you planted.
When things go wrong, the helpful step is to look honestly at our own part, instead of blaming the One.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Naaraa-in nindas kaa-ay bhoolee gavaaree: why do you blame Naaraa-in, the Divine, you mixed-up one? Trilochan is speaking kindly to his own heart.
Dukrit sukrit thaaro karam ree: dukrit, pain, and sukrit, pleasure, come from your own karam, your own deeds. Think of a garden. What comes up depends on the seeds you planted. The rest of the shabad walks through great figures from the old stories who still carried the results of their past deeds. Then the last verse gives the one remedy.
When something goes wrong, what is the difference between blaming and honestly looking at your own part?
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