Savaiye Sri Mukhbak (Mehl 5), Verse 5 — Formless yet in every form, forever blossoming
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O One without form, and in every form, who cannot be fooled, complete, never ending,
full of joy, without limit, beautiful, spotless and always blossoming:
Countless people sing Your praises, but they do not know even a tiny bit of how far You reach.
The humble one You are kind to, O One, comes to meet You.
Blessed, blessed, blessed are those humble people the One, Har, Har, is kind to.
Whoever meets the One through Guru Nanak is free of both birth and death.
No one can sing the whole of the One, but the one the One is kind to comes to meet the One.
Nirankaar aakaar: without form, and in every form. Bigaasee: blossoming, like a flower that keeps opening. Ant ik til nahee paasee: not even a sesame seed's worth of the One's end is found.
Jaa ka-o ho(n)hi kirpaal: the one You are kind to. Kindness comes first, and the meeting follows. A new closing line begins here and runs to the ninth verse: har gur naanak jin parsi-o, whoever meets the One through Guru Nanak. Janam maran duh thay rahi-o: they are free of birth and death, the endless coming and going.
What does it feel like to blossom — to slowly open up and become more yourself?
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