Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Every single day, the Great Giver looks after everything that is alive. Without exception.
The gifts cannot even be priced — how could anyone compare to a giver like this?
This shabad appears in the middle of the night prayer as a reminder: today, every single day, the source provided. The air was breathed. The heart kept beating. The mind kept thinking. Whatever happened in the day — difficult or easy — the sustaining continued.
"How can anyone compare to the Giver?" is not rhetorical. It is an honest assessment. Every human giver gives from a limited supply, with limits on what they can give, and it costs them something. The source gives infinitely, from infinite supply, without cost.
Think about the last twenty-four hours. What was given to you that you did not earn or ask for? How much of what you received today came simply because you are alive?
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