Savaiye Sri Mukhbak (Mehl 5), Verse 8 — Beyond all measuring, yet it sets you free
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What yoga, what wisdom, what meditation, what way should I use to praise the One?
The Siddhas, the seekers and the three hundred thirty million gods cannot find even a tiny bit of the One's worth.
Brahma, the sage Sanak and Shesh, the thousand-headed serpent, cannot find the end of the One's good qualities.
The One cannot be grasped, yet fills and lives in everything.
Those whose rope the kind One has cut are the ones who give themselves to loving the One.
Those who meet the One through Guru Nanak are free forever, here and hereafter.
No practice can measure the One, yet the kind One cuts the ropes that tie people down.
The verse names the great figures of the old Indian stories, with respect. The Siddhas are masters of yoga. The taytees kor are three hundred thirty million devtas, or gods. Brahma, the sage Sanak and Shesh, the serpent with a thousand heads, all search. Not one of them finds where the One's goodness ends. This does not rank anyone's faith; the One is bigger than every way of trying to hold it. Think of trying to measure the ocean with a teacup.
Jih kaatee silak: those whose rope has been cut. A silak is a noose or rope that ties someone down. Those the kind One sets loose fall in love with the One. It ut sadaa muktay: free here and there, always.
Is there something you can feel is true even though you can't fully explain it?
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