Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If a person asks for the One's Name each day, that request is always welcomed and granted.
The One is the most generous host of all — the giver who never runs short of anything.
This Shalok makes the One a host, not a distant king. Jaachik mangai nit naam — "the asker (jaachik, one who begs) requests the Name daily" — and saahib karay kabool, "the Master accepts it, welcomes it." No request for the Name is ever turned away. The lovely reversal is the last line: parmaysar jajmaan — the One is the jajmaan, the host who feeds the guest, the generous provider at whose table others eat — tiseh bhukh na mool, "who never lacks anything." Here the asking (jaachak) is drawn out as this project reads it — not shameful poverty, but the natural, unashamed empty-handedness of coming to a host who has everything and loves to give. You are not begging a stranger; you are a welcome guest at an endless table.
What's the difference between asking someone who resents it and asking someone who's glad you came? Which is the One like?
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