ਬਹੁਤਾ ਕਰਮੁ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਨਾ ਜਾਇ ॥ ਵਡਾ ਦਾਤਾ ਤਿਲੁ ਨ ਤਮਾਇ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਮੰਗਹਿ ਜੋਧ ਅਪਾਰ ॥ ਕੇਤਿਆ ਗਣਤ ਨਹੀ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਖਪਿ ਤੁਟਹਿ ਵੇਕਾਰ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਲੈ ਲੈ ਮੁਕਰੁ ਪਾਹਿ ॥ ਕੇਤੇ ਮੂਰਖ ਖਾਹੀ ਖਾਹਿ ॥ ਕੇਤਿਆ ਦੂਖ ਭੂਖ ਸਦ ਮਾਰ ॥ ਏਹਿ ਭਿ ਦਾਤਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਾਰ ॥ ਬੰਦਿ ਖਲਾਸੀ ਭਾਣੈ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਹੋਰੁ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਖਾਇਕੁ ਆਖਣਿ ਪਾਇ ॥ ਓਹੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਜੇਤੀਆ ਮੁਹਿ ਖਾਇ ॥ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਇ ॥ ਆਖਹਿ ਸਿ ਭਿ ਕੇਈ ਕੇਇ ॥ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਖਸੇ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੀ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ॥੨੫॥
Translation in English :
His gifts and deeds are boundless, and cannot be put into words. He freely bestows His gifts and does not expect anything in return. Countless brave and great warriors beseech gifts from Him.
There are innumerable persons who beg all kinds of gifts from Him. Many a person waste their lives by spending His gifts in selfish pleasures and evil deeds. There are many who receive these gifts but do not acknowledge them. They always go on grumbling. There are innumerable duffers who go on eating and drinking, but never thank the Bestower of these gifts.
There are many who suffer from pangs of disease, hunger and incessant trouble. But O Divine Father, these too are Thy gifts. Here Guru Nanak takes the disciple to a very high stage of life. Here the sikh (the learner) is taught to take all these troubles as a great blessing. Each individual has a debt of evil karmas on his head, which he has to repay in his human life. By suffering these pains, pangs and calamities in a spirit of thankfulness the debt of karma is cleared way, and the person who so resigns himself to the will of God makes himself a receptacle of God‟s grace, and paves for himself the way of self-realization. O Lord, only by submitting to Thy will in thankfulness can one attain freedom from birth and rebirth, and be at-one with Thee. No one can give another path, for reaching this stage of self-realization.
If any foolhardy duffer tries to express in words any other means, then he alone knows how many reproaches he has to face, in the company of God-conscious persons. The Divine Father knows what gifts to bestow and He alone can give them. There are only a few persons who recognize Him as the Bestower of all gifts and receive them in complete thankfulness.
O Lord, he, upon whom You bestow the gift of singing Thy praises and meditation on Thy name, becomes at-one with Thee. He rises above all wants, and becomes the king of kings. He does not beseech or beg anything from anyone, but becomes the bestower of gifts to all mankind.
