Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 194
Verse 3 of 5

You Can't Measure the Order, Only Walk in Step

ਤੇਰਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਅਪਾਰ ਹੈ ਕੋਈ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥
tayraa hukam apaar hai ko-ee ant na paa-ay.
Your Command is infinite; no one can find its limit.
ਜਿਸੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਭੇਟਸੀ ਸੋ ਚਲੈ ਰਜਾਏ ॥੨॥
jis gur pooraa bhaytsee so chalai rajaa-ay. ||2||
One who meets with the Perfect Guru, walks in the Way of the Lord's Will. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Your Command is infinite; no one can find its limit.

One who meets the perfect Guru walks in the Way of the Lord's Will.

You can't measure the whole order of things — you can only learn to walk in step with it.
The deeper layer

The Hukam is "infinite; no one can find its limit" — too vast to comprehend, only to be walked in. And the one who meets the Guru "walks in the Way of the Lord's Will" — not understanding the whole order, but moving in step with it. You live the Hukam, you do not master it.

A Question to Sit With

What is it like to move with a current you can't fully see the end of?

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