Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is the doer of all — so who is there to complain to? No one else is running things.
You would take a complaint to someone who made a mistake — but how could the Maker of everything make a mistake? He sees and hears without a word from us, and gives His gifts even before we think to ask.
The Great Giver, the shaper of the whole world, keeps on giving — He is the True One. He is the doer of all; there is no one else to point a finger at.
aap karay kis aakhee-ai — He Himself acts, so whom would we blame? The pauri playfully dismantles complaint: you complain to someone who erred, but aap kartaa ki-o bhulai, how could the Maker err? daan anmangi-aa divai — He gives gifts unasked: grace precedes the request. This is Guru Nanak's steady note against grievance — not that pain is denied, but that the deepest ground is a Giver who is already giving, sunay daykhay, seeing and hearing before we speak.
Can you think of a gift you received before you even knew to want it?
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