JapJi Sahib- A Translation - Prof Teja Singh - Raj Karega Khalsa ...

His gifts and deeds are boundless, and cannot be put into words. He freelybestows His gifts and does not expect anything in return. Countless brave and greatwarriors beseech gifts from Him. There are innumerable persons who beg all kinds ofgifts from Him. Many a person waste their lives by spending His gifts in selfishpleasures and evil deeds. There are many who receive these gifts but do not acknowledgethem. They always go on grumbling. There are innumerable duffers who go on eatingand drinking, but never thank the Bestower of these gifts. There are many who sufferfrom pangs of disease, hunger and incessant trouble. But O Divine Father, these too areThy gifts.Here Guru Nanak takes the disciple to a very high stage of life. Here the sikh (thelearner) is taught to take all these troubles as a great blessing. Each individual has a debtof evil karmas on his head, which he has to repay in his human life. By suffering thesepains, 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 ofGod’s grace, and paves for himself the way of self-realization.O Lord, only by submitting to Thy will in thankfulness can one attain freedomfrom birth and rebirth, and be at-one with Thee. No one can give another path, forreaching this stage of self-realization. If any foolhardy duffer tries to express in wordsany other means, then he alone knows how many reproaches he has to face, in thecompany of God-conscious persons. The Divine Father knows what gifts to bestow andHe alone can give them. There are only a few persons who recognize Him as theBestower of all gifts and receive them in complete thankfulness.