Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is so vast — beyond reach, beyond measure, with no shape you could draw.
No words could ever capture it; only the One fully knows itself. So what could small creatures like us really say? We can only gaze with wonder.
The one You look on with kindness turns toward the Guru and thinks of You with love.
This one is about wonder. The One is so big that no words can hold it.
This song is a chhant, a hymn in several verses. Think of standing under a clear night sky, far from city lights. You could try to count the stars, but soon you just stand and look. The verse piles up words that all mean "beyond": agam (out of reach), agochar (beyond our senses), nirankaar (with no shape at all). Then it admits the honest limit: aap aapnaa jaanai — only the One truly knows itself.
That is not sad news. It is freeing. You don't have to figure the mystery out or pin it down. The best answer to something truly vast is not a clever explanation. It is wonder, standing before it with open eyes. The verse says the Gurmukh, the person who faces the Guru, does exactly this. That quiet, wide-eyed looking is what it calls veechaar, loving thought.
What is something so big or mysterious that all you can do is gaze at it in wonder?
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