After All the Words, the One Overflows Them All
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The greatness of the One is so vast that no words could ever capture it — the Maker who feeds every living thing.
Whatever we do unfolds within a story larger than us. And in the end, there's nowhere else to turn but the One — the only true home there is.
The final Pauree of the whole great Vaar closes exactly where such a work should: in humble wonder and rest in the One. The greatness of the Great One cannot be described — after eighty-four verses of praise and teaching and sharp truth-telling, the poet admits the description was never going to be complete; the One overflows all words. The Creator sustains all beings. And the closing note is total belonging: except for the One, there is no other place at all — the One is the only true home, the only place finally to rest. He does whatever He wills. The word Sudh ('complete / corrected') seals the Vaar. The whole heroic ballad — which praised no earthly king but the One and the Guru, which tore down empty ritual and lifted up the humble, the woman, the low-born — ends by laying everything back down at the feet of the One who cannot be described, and calling that the only home there is.
Out of this whole great song, what one teaching would you most want to carry with you?
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