Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whatever You do, Creator, comes to be. Nothing else can be done.
Nanak says: no gift is as great as the Name, and it comes through the perfect Guru.
Whatever the Creator does comes to be, and the greatest gift, the Naam, comes through the Guru.
This last verse gathers up the trust at the heart of the shabad.
Jo too karahi so hovai kartay means, Creator, whatever You do comes to be. Avar na karnaa jaa-ee means nothing else can be done.
It does not mean "nothing matters, so why try." It is a calm confidence in the way life flows. Think of a sailor who trusts the wind. She still steers, but she does not fight the sky.
Naanak naavai jayvad avar na daataa means Nanak says no gift is as great as the Name. Pooray gur tay paa-ee means it is received through the perfect Guru.
If you could keep only one thing forever, what would you choose?
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