Sikhism·Raag Basant·Shabad 27
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You Made All the Ages

ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
basant mehlaa 3.
Basant, Third Mehl:
ਸਭਿ ਜੁਗ ਤੇਰੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਹੋਏ ॥
sabh jug tayray keetay ho-ay.
All the ages were created by You, O Lord.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੈ ਮਤਿ ਬੁਧਿ ਹੋਏ ॥੧॥
satgur bhaytai mat buDh ho-ay. ||1||
Meeting with the True Guru, one's intellect is awakened. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

You made all the ages, O One.

Meeting the True Guru, a person's understanding wakes up.

The One made all of time; meeting the Guru wakes us up inside it.
The deeper layer

All of time belongs to the One, and meeting the Guru wakes up your understanding.

Sabh jug tayray keetay: all the ages are Your making. Satgur bhaytai: meeting the True Guru. Mat budh ho-ay: understanding and good sense come alive.

Think of a light switched on in a dark room. Everything was already there; now you can see it.

A Question to Sit With

What is something that woke up your understanding, like a light turning on?

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