Even the Mightiest King Is Small Before the One
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everyone, even the most powerful, is held in the One's mind and moves by its gentle glance.
The One is greater than all the great — it can turn a mighty king into a blade of grass, so no one's power is really their own to boast about.
The Pauree quietly puts earthly power in its place: all are within Your mind; You move them under Your Glance. Even kings — the mightiest people in a child's imagination — are held and moved by the One. And the vivid image: if He casts an angry glance, He can turn kings into blades of grass — the most powerful person is small before the One, their power borrowed, not owned. This isn't meant to frighten; it's meant to deflate arrogance and comfort the small. No bully, no tyrant, no one who lords power over others is actually the biggest thing in the room. The One is greater than all the great — so the powerful have no reason to boast, and the powerless have no reason to despair.
Why is it silly to boast about power, if even kings are small before something greater?
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