ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਤੇਤਾ ਦੁਖੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਾਈ ਰੇ ॥
manmukh karahi taytaa dukh laagai gurmukh milai vadaa-ee ray.
As the self-willed manmukhs act, they suffer in pain. The Gurmukh obtains honor and greatness.
ਜੋ ਤਿਨਿ ਕੀਆ ਸੋਈ ਹੋਆ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਮੇਟਿਆ ਜਾਈ ਰੇ ॥੩॥
jo tin kee-aa so-ee ho-aa kirat na mayti-aa jaa-ee ray. ||3||
Whatever He does, that alone happens; past actions cannot be erased. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those who live only for themselves act, and then ache. Those turned toward the teaching are honored. Whatever the One does is what happens, and what is already done cannot be undone.
Which way you face is yours to choose; the rest unfolds in the One's hands.
The standard contrast -- the self-facing person suffers, the one turned toward the teaching is honored -- folded into Hukam: the One's doing prevails and the past is fixed. The two ideas combine: orientation is the one thing still in your hands; outcomes belong to the One.
A Question to Sit With
What is in your control today, and what is not? Can you tell the difference?
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