Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One gave every creature its soul, its body, its mouth and nose, water to drink. It gave grain to eat, clothes to wear, pleasures to enjoy. And still they do not remember the Giver -- foolish creatures, thinking they made themselves!
The One gives us everything, and we still forget the Giver.
Our life, our body, our mouth and nose, water to drink, food, clothes, and every good thing all come as gifts. Yet we take them for granted. Think of a birthday party where someone opens every present without looking to see who gave it.
Then comes a sharp line. Pasoo ha-o kar jaanee — the creatures think they made themselves. This is the ego's biggest mistake. The ego is the "me-first" feeling. It looks at a life that was given and calls it self-made.
What have you been given that you sometimes act as if you made on your own?
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