ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਕਰਾਏ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਭੰਡਾਰੀ ॥੮॥
aapay aap karaa-ay kartaa aapay bakhas bhandaaree. ||8||
The Creator Himself inspires us to act; He Himself blesses us with His treasure. ||8||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Creator is the one who stirs us to act in the first place.
And the Creator Itself opens the storehouse and blesses us with its treasure.
Both the urge to do good and the good itself are gifts.
Aapay aap karaa-ay kartaa, aapay bakhas bhandaaree — the Creator both inspires the deed and grants the reward from His own treasury (bhandaar). Both ends of the good act belong to the One. This is grace taken to its limit: even our doing is His giving.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you think the wish to do something kind comes from?
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