ਸਭੁ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਦੀਆ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਕਾਰੈ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
sabh jee-o pind dee-aa tuDh aapay tuDh aapay kaarai laa-i-aa.
You Yourself bless us with soul, body and everything. You Yourself cause us to act.
ਜੇਹਾ ਤੂੰ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਤੇਹੇ ਕੋ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਜੇਹਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੨॥
jayhaa tooN hukam karahi tayhay ko karam kamaavai jayhaa tuDh Dhur likh paa-i-aa. ||2||
As You issue Your Commands, so do we act, according to our pre-ordained destiny. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You Yourself gave us everything, this soul, this body, all of it, and You are the one who sets us to our work.
However You guide the flow, that is how we move through it. Even the path we walk was placed before us with care.
The One who gave you life also placed your path with care.
sabh jee-o pind dee-aa tuDh aapay — soul and body are wholly gift; tuDh aapay kaarai laa-i-aa — the One assigns each their task. hukam and Dhur likh frame action within the flow of existence, softened from decree toward a path lovingly laid.
A Question to Sit With
What gifts do you have that you did not choose or earn, but were simply given?
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