Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You have thousands of eyes — and yet You have no eyes.
You have thousands of forms — and yet You do not have even one.
You have thousands of Lotus Feet — and yet not even one foot.
You have no nose — and yet You have thousands of noses.
This play of Yours utterly entrances me.
This one says the One is too big for any single picture.
The verse gives the One something human, then takes it away. Sahas tav nain nan nain heh — You have thousands of eyes, and You have no eyes. It does the same with forms, feet and noses.
It is not trying to be confusing. You have eyes, because You see everything. You have no eyes, because You are not a person with a body. Both are true. Neither one is the whole story.
Think of taking a photo of the ocean. Every photo shows some of it. No photo holds all of it.
When your mind tries to hold both ideas at once, it goes quiet with wonder. That is just what Guru Nanak says: iv chalat mohee — this play of Yours enchants me.
This also keeps any one image from standing in for the One. Every picture we make is honored, and then gently let go.
Can you hold two opposite things in your mind at the same time without needing to choose? What is it like to do that — to just sit with 'both are true'?
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