Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is a strange thing to eat the food and wear the gifts of the One all day long, and still turn away and say, "This isn't mine, I owe no thanks." A life lived so forgetfully drifts far from where it belongs.
This one says that taking every gift and never thanking the Giver leaves a life hollow.
Khaadaa paindaa mookar paa-ay — they eat and wear what they are given, and still they deny the Giver. Imagine a friend who eats at your table every day and then tells everyone, "I fed myself." Something in that friendship has gone empty.
The verse also speaks of doot Dharamraa-ay, the messengers of the Judge of right and wrong, coming after the ungrateful. The point is not to be afraid of punishment. The point is the drift itself. Forgetting where everything comes from carries its own emptiness.
Have you ever noticed how much better it feels to say thank you than to forget to?
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