Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The self-centered mind calculates and plans — but only what the Creator wills actually happens.
No one can estimate the Lord's value, even if everyone in the world wishes to.
Through the Guru's teaching, it is understood. When you meet the True One, peace arrives.
Manmukh ganat ganavani — the manmukh makes ganat (calculations, estimates, plans). This is the ego's characteristic activity: trying to figure out how to manage, control, predict, and optimize. And the result? Kartaa karay so ho-ay — what the Creator does is what comes to pass. All the calculations come to nothing that overrides the divine will. This is not fatalism; it is the recognition of what is actually in your hands and what is not.
Keema-t naa pavai — His value cannot be estimated. The word keema-t (price, value, worth) appears throughout the merchant metaphors in Siree Raag: merchants estimate the value of goods, calculate profits, assess risk. God's value exceeds all estimation. You cannot set a price on the One. You cannot make a fair trade for the Name. It is given, not purchased.
Gurmat ho-ay ta paa-ee-ai, sach milai sukh ho-ay — through the Guru's teachings, it is found; meeting with the True One, peace is had. Not calculated, not reasoned, not estimated — found, through the Guru. The manmukh's error is thinking the divine is something you can figure out. The Gurmukh's discovery is that the divine meets you when you stop calculating and start receiving.
Where in your life are you calculating and planning something that is ultimately not yours to control — and what would it feel like to release it?
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