Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You made every being and hold the world in Your hand.
The old tales praise a god for taming a great serpent — but what is that beside You?
You are not someone's husband or someone's wife; You are spread so finely through everything that no single role could ever hold You.
The One cannot be squeezed into any one role, like husband or wife.
Here the famous deed is from the stories of Krishna, a much-loved figure in Hindu tradition. He tamed a great black serpent named Kaliya, putting a ring through its nose. But the One made every living being and holds the whole world in hand. What is taming a snake next to that?
Then comes a quieter idea. Kis tooN purakh joroo ka-un kahee-ai — whose husband are You, and who is Your wife? In many old stories, gods have families and partners. The One has no shape like that. Think of the air in a house. You cannot say it belongs to one room. It is in every room at once. Sarab nirantar rav rahi-aa — the One flows through everything. No single role can hold the One.
Why might the most real thing be impossible to fit into one neat description?
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