Only You Know Your Own Wonder

ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਹਿੰਡੋਲ ॥

basant mehlaa 5 hindol.

Basant, Fifth Mehl, Hindol:

ਤੇਰੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਤੂਹੈ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਅਉਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

tayree kudrat toohai jaaneh a-or na doojaa jaanai.

You alone know Your Creative Power, O Lord; no one else knows it.

ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਮੇਰੇ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਸੋਈ ਤੁਝੈ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥੧॥

jis no kirpaa karahi mayray pi-aaray so-ee tujhai pachhaanai. ||1||

He alone realizes You, O my Beloved, unto whom You show Your Mercy. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Only You know Your own creation, O One. No one else knows it.

Only the one You are kind to, my Beloved, comes to know You.

The biggest wonders can only be known when they open themselves to you.

The deeper layer

Only the One knows how wonderful creation is, and the One shares that knowing as a gift.

Kudrat means the making of the world, all of creation. Tayree kudrat toohai jaaneh means only You know Your own creation. Think of an artist who painted a huge mural. Visitors enjoy it, but only the artist knows every brushstroke.

Jis no kirpaa karahi means the one to whom You show kindness. That person comes to know You. Knowing the One is not something we win or earn. It is a present, given with love.

A Question to Sit With

What is something so big or wonderful you can only stand in awe of it?

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