Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If we forget to turn toward the One, that is our own loss, our own missing-out — like standing in shade when sunlight is right there. For in every single age, my One has been the Great Giver, always here, always giving.
Forgetting the One is missing out on a gift that never stops coming.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Raam na japahu abhaag tumaaraa — if you do not remember the One, that is your abhaag, your bad luck. It is not a scolding. It is like standing in the shade when the sunlight is right there.
Then comes the warm part. Jug jug daataa — age after age, the One is the Great Giver. Jug means an age, a long stretch of time. The giving never paused and never ran out. So the message is simple: the Giver is here. Do not miss it.
What is a good thing that has always been available to you that you sometimes forget to notice?
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