Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the maker of everything, and no one can fully know You.
There's only One behind it all, and yet people split into "me" and "mine," and that splitting is where quarrels grow.
Everyone walks these two roads, as the flow of existence has set it. People are born, and in time they pass on.
Without holding the Name, a person walks alone, carrying a heavy load of mistakes with no real friend beside them.
The flow of existence brought each of us here, even when we don't understand it, and that same flow is what makes things beautiful.
Nanak says: through the teaching, the True Maker becomes clear.
There is only One behind everything, and quarrels grow when we forget it.
Ayk saahib du-ay raah — one Master, two roads. Saahib means Master. The two roads are the pull of seeing "me" as separate, against the truth that all is one. It is like two players on the same team fighting over the ball. They forget they are on the same side.
Hukam savaaranhaaraa — the Hukam, the flow of existence, is what makes things beautiful. We often do not understand it. Yet that same flow shapes us and makes us lovely.
The Shabad, the Guru's Word, is how the One is recognized.
When do you notice yourself splitting the world into "me" versus "them"?
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