Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Night and day, morning and evening, it is You I sing to.
Every living being, everywhere, keeps Your Name in mind.
You are the Giver, the great Giver — everything we eat, we eat because You gave it.
In the company of loving people, the weight of old mistakes falls away.
Again and again, with my whole heart, I am grateful — I would give anything for You.
The twenty-fifth Pauree is a hymn of pure provision and gratitude. Too daataa daataar, tayraa ditaa khaavnaa — "You are the Giver; we eat only what You give" — is one of the simplest and deepest teachings a child can hold: everything received is a gift, nothing is truly self-made. It rhymes across the whole Vaar with its closing image of the One who feeds even the worm inside the stone. The threefold bal bal jaavnaa ("a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice") is rendered as overflowing gratitude rather than self-negation.
Where did today's meal really come from — think of everyone and everything it took to get it to you. How many gifts are hidden inside one bite?
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