Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everything I truly need comes from You — Your gifts are the ones that actually satisfy.
Why would I make myself small in front of another person, as if my worth depended on them?
The one who holds the One in mind finds their hunger quieted and a wealth inside that never runs out.
Joy rises, a deep and settled peace, when the teacher's light connects me back to the Whole.
The Rahau (pause line) is the heart-thought: har jee-o tayree daataa raajaa — Your gifts alone fully satisfy. The verse contrasts leaning on a maanas bapurhaa, a 'poor helpless man,' with resting in the inexhaustible Giver. The point is not scorn for people but freedom from anxious dependence: when you know the Source is generous, you stop bowing to every gatekeeper. Sahj samaanay — absorbed in natural ease (sahaj) — names the settled Sorath mood.
What is a gift you have that money could never buy?
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