Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The ups and downs we meet often grow from seeds we ourselves once planted.
The Giver who allows both the sweet days and the hard ones understands the whole picture.
So rather than searching for someone to blame, we can look gently at our own steps — and trust that all of it rests in kind hands.
Sukh dukh purab janam kay kee-ay: happy times and hard times grow from things done before, even in earlier lives. So jaanai jin daatai dee-ay: only the Giver who gives them knows the whole picture. Kis ka-o dos deh too paraanee: so whom will you blame?
This verse is about our own actions, called karam. It is not about being wronged by someone else. Think of a garden. The seeds we plant are the plants we later see.
The verse asks for honest looking at our own steps. It never asks us to be hard on ourselves. We look gently, and trust that even the hard days rest in the Giver's kind hands.
When something is your own doing, how can you learn from it without being harsh on yourself?
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