Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In one person You appear as the learned teacher who speaks with wisdom; in another, as someone who seems foolish and unsure.
In one You reach out and gather everything in; in another, You take nothing at all.
The vision continues across roles: pandit baktaa (the learned preacher) and khal (the one who seems foolish) are equally the One. Note the gentleness: the 'fool' is not condemned — the point is that even in the one the world dismisses, the same reality lives. Sabh kichh garaahaj (grabbing everything) and kachhoo na laytaa (taking nothing) — the greedy and the content — are again one presence. Guru Arjan is dismantling every judgment we make that some people are closer to the divine and others further.
Have you ever quietly judged someone as 'less' — and what might change if you looked again?
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