Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You alone are the One who does, and the reason anything gets done at all. Every living creature, every person, leans on You for support. Nothing stands on its own — everything rests on the same Oneness underneath.
Everything alive leans on the same One for support.
Karan karaavan tuhee ayk — You alone are the Doer and the Cause of all doing. Guru Arjan loves this phrase. The One does things, and also makes all other doing possible.
Jee-a jant kee tuhee tayk — You are the support of all beings and creatures. A tayk is a prop, something to lean on. Think of the one pole in the middle of a big tent. Every rope and every corner hangs from it. The same support holds everything up. That is why nothing and no one truly stands alone or apart.
What in the world seems separate but is actually held up by the same thing as you?
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