Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, keep the One in your thoughts with your whole heart, gathered and steady.
The greatness of the One goes on forever and ever — and here is something wonderful: the Giver never once regrets anything given away.
I would give anything for the One, because being near that presence brings real peace.
Turn toward the teaching and you stay merged with the One, while the grabbing, boastful self gently burns away.
The heart of this Shalok is a single astonishing line: day-ay na pachhotaa-ay — the Giver "never regrets what He gives." Human generosity is so often shadowed by second thoughts; here is a generosity with no take-backs, no keeping-score, no regret. It quietly answers a worry a child might carry — that grace could be withdrawn if you slip up. It cannot. The gift stands. Ik man ik chit ("with a single mind and heart") points to gathered, undivided attention as the doorway in.
Have you ever given something away and then wished you hadn't? What would it feel like to give with a whole, glad heart and never once regret it?
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