Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
He Himself does it all. Why should I speak of any other?
No one else has any power. He alone is the One who acts.
When all acting is the One's acting, what is there to complain about, to take credit for, or to resist?
Aapai kare karaaai — He Himself does and causes to be done. Avar n kaaho vaat — no other has any power. The theological radicalism here: not that God is powerful among other powers, but that He is the only power. All apparent agency is the One's agency.
This does not eliminate human responsibility — it relocates it. You are responsible for your choices as the divine's instrument choosing, which is a more demanding accountability, not less.
Does the idea that there is only one power — that your own actions are also, in some sense, the divine's — make you feel more or less responsible for your choices? Why?
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