Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਸੁਖ ਦੁਖ ਹਾਨਿ ਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਪੂਰਬ ਲਿਖਤ ਲੇਖ ਜੰਤ੍ਰਨ ਕੈ ਨ ਬਸਿ ਕਛੁ ਜੰਤ੍ਰੀ ਜਗਦੀਸ ਹੈ ।
sukh dukh haan mrit poorab likhat lekh jantran kai na bas kachh jantree jagadees hai |All events of happiness and sorrow, gain and loss, birth and death etc., take place according to what has been written by the Almighty or is preordained. Nothing is in the hands of living beings. It is all in the hands of the Almighty.
ਭੋਗਤ ਬਿਵਸਿ ਮੇਵ ਕਰਮ ਕਿਰਤ ਗਤਿ ਜਸਿ ਕਰ ਤਸਿ ਲੇਪ ਕਾਰਨ ਕੋ ਈਸ ਹੈ ।
bhogat bivas mev karam kirat gat jas kar tas lep kaaran ko ees hai |All living beings bear the fruits of what they had done. Whatever deeds they perform, they are rewarded accordingly. He the Almighty Himself involves the human beings in the performance of various deeds/actions.
ਕਰਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਕਿਧੌ ਕਰਮ ਕਿਧੌ ਹੈ ਜੀਉ ਘਾਟਿ ਬਾਢਿ ਕਉਨ ਕਉਨ ਮਤੁ ਬਿਸ੍ਵਾਬੀਸ ਹੈ ।
karataa pradhaan kidhau karam kidhau hai jeeo ghaatt baadt kaun kaun mat bisvaabees hai |And thus surprised, a question rises in everyone's minds who is the primary cause, God, human being or the action itself? Which of these causes is more or less? What is definitely right? Nothing can be said with any degree of assurance.
ਅਸਤੁਤਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਹਾ ਬਿਆਪਤ ਹਰਖ ਸੋਗ ਹੋਨਹਾਰ ਕਹੌ ਕਹਾਂ ਗਾਰਿ ਅਉ ਅਸੀਸ ਹੈ ।੩੩੧।
asatut nindaa kahaa biaapat harakh sog honahaar kahau kahaan gaar aau asees hai |331|How does one go through praise and slander, pleasure or sorrow? What is a blessing and what is a curse? Nothing can be said conclusively. One can only reason that all is happening and being caused by the Lord Himself. (331)