Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All the deep thinkers gathered together and thought as hard as they could. All the judges gathered and tried to size You up.
The scholars, the meditators, the greatest teachers of teachers — together they could not express even the tiniest speck of how great You are.
Even the smartest people in the world, working together, cannot measure the One.
Guru Nanak gathers the best experts you could imagine. Sabh surtee mil surat kamaa-ee — all the deep thinkers met and thought together. All the appraisers, the people who judge worth, tried to set a value on the One. The wise, the meditators, the teachers of teachers — all of them joined in.
And still, kahan na jaa-ee tayree til vadi-aa-ee — they could not describe even a sesame seed's worth of Your greatness. This is not saying thinking is bad. It says the One is a different kind of thing. Think of trying to measure love with a ruler. A better ruler would not help. That is why being humble here is simply being honest.
Why might the cleverest explanation still miss the most important thing?
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