Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I give my soul, my breath, my mind, my body, my everything to the One — and I see it near, so very near.
The self-offering is total — "soul, breath, mind, body, everything" — and its reward is not distance but nearness: "I behold God near, very near" (nikaT nikaT, close and close, echoing the nerai hi te nera of Devgandhaari). Guru Arjan links complete giving with complete nearness: when you hold nothing back, you discover the One was never far. The offering does not send the gift away to a distant deity; it reveals the One who was right here all along. To give everything is not to lose it but to find the Beloved standing closer than you knew.
Is it possible that giving something completely, holding nothing back, actually brings you closer to it rather than losing it?
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