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Your understanding is correct. Guru Ji is saying that even the most barbaric and painful events happen in God's will. Yes, Babar killed over a million and Hitler killed over eight million and it all happened in God's will. They were, as you say, 'agents' through which actions took place.

"What can the poor wooden puppet do? The Master Puppeteer knows everything. As the Puppeteer dresses the puppet, so is the role the puppet plays." ANG 206 (Guru Arjan Dev Ji)

When we read all four verses of Babar Vani we feel how deeply Guru Nanak Dev Ji felt the pain of the slaughter that was happening, and yet in the midst of that pain, with barbarity and death all around, he says - do not blame God. He understands that, no matter how horrifying, that everything happens for a reason and that when we judge it from our limited consciousness we always look to place blame, whether on Babar, or on God for letting it happen. Karma is very impersonal. It's just the law of cause and effect. It's as impersonal as Newton's third law of motion: every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It's not "good" karma and "bad" karma, it's just the universe in equilibrium. The beauty of Babar Vani is that we feel the depth of his pain and grief and Guru Ji's deep humanity but we also experience his vast, cosmic understanding of the events which are unfolding.

Your understanding is correct. Guru Ji is saying that even the most barbaric and painful events happen in God's will. Yes, Babar killed over a million and Hitler killed over eight million and it all happened in God's will. They were, as you say, 'agents' through which actions took place.

"What can the poor wooden puppet do? The Master Puppeteer knows everything. As the Puppeteer dresses the puppet, so is the role the puppet plays." ANG 206 (Guru Arjan Dev Ji)

When we read all four verses of Babar Vani we feel how deeply Guru Nanak Dev Ji felt the pain of the slaughter that was happening, and yet in the midst of that pain, with barbarity and death all around, he says - do not blame God. He understands that, no matter how horrifying, that everything happens for a reason and that when we judge it from our limited consciousness we always look to place blame, whether on Babar, or on God for letting it happen. Karma is very impersonal. It's just the law of cause and effect. It's as impersonal as Newton's third law of motion: every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It's not "good" karma and "bad" karma, it's just the universe in equilibrium. The beauty of Babar Vani is that we feel the depth of his pain and grief and Guru Ji's deep humanity but we also experience his vast, cosmic understanding of the events which are unfolding.