ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਭੁਗਤਾ ॥
aapay kartaa aapay bhugtaa.
| He Himself is the Creator, and He Himself is the Enjoyer.
ਆਪੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਮੁਕਤਾ ॥
aapay tariptaa aapay muktaa.
He Himself is satisfied, and He Himself is liberated.
ਆਪੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਦਾਨੁ ਮੁਕਤੀਸਰੁ ਮਮਤਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਦਾ ॥੧੪॥
aapay mukat daan mukteesar mamtaa moh chukaa-idaa. ||14||
The Lord of liberation Himself grants liberation; He eradicates possessiveness and attachment. ||14||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One makes everything, and the One enjoys everything.
The One is full and content, needing nothing.
And the One gently loosens our tight grip, the clinging and the 'mine, mine', and sets us free.
Freedom comes when the One loosens our tight grip.
'Aapay karta aapay bhugta': the One is both the maker and the enjoyer, a picture of oneness with no second. 'Mamta moh' (the grip of 'mine' and clinging attachment) is loosened, and that loosening is freedom.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you hold too tightly that you could loosen?
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