ਇਕਿ ਦਾਤੇ ਇਕਿ ਮੰਗਤੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਆਪੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਾਈ ॥੮॥
ik daatay ik mangtay keetay aapay bhagat karaa-ee. ||8||
Some are made givers, and some are made beggars; He Himself inspires us to devotional worship. ||8||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some people are placed where they can give; some are placed where they must ask.
And the love that rises in a heart toward the One — the One awakens that too.
Even the love you feel for the One is a gift the One awakens.
Ik daatay ik mangtay — givers and askers, roles within one arrangement, not a ranking of worth. Even devotion (bhagat) is stirred by the One, received as grace.
A Question to Sit With
Is love something you decide, or something that rises in you?
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