Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The unseen, spotless One fills every place, and so does its light.
All are beggars; You alone are the Great Giver. We reach out our hands and beg from You.
We all hold out our hands to the same Giver.
Alakh niranjan ayko vartai — the One, unseen and spotless, is present everywhere. The One's light is in every place. Then the verse says something humbling. Sabh jaachik too ayko daataa — all of us are asking, and You alone are the Giver. We reach out our hands to You.
Picture a whole school lining up for lunch. The principal and the youngest kid hold out the same tray. Whoever we are, we all stand the same way before the one source. That is nothing to be ashamed of. It is a true kind of dignity. We know we are receivers of a huge generosity, standing side by side with everyone else.
Does picturing everyone, high and low, with hands out before the same source change how you see people?
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