Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Only You know how vast You are — there's nothing to compare You to.
If there were anything as great, I'd point to it — but there simply isn't.
Whoever leans on You finds peace; who else is like You?
Everyone stands with open hands before You, and You give freely to every corner of creation.
This Pauree is a hymn of the One's incomparable greatness — "if there were some other as great as You, I would speak of him," but there is none. The image jorh haath — "with palms pressed together, all stand begging" — pictures the whole of creation as a single congregation of open hands before one Giver. It's a leveling image: kings and beggars, all equally recipients. "You give in charity to the beings of all the continents, worlds and universes" widens the Giver's generosity to a cosmic scale — no corner is left unfed.
How does it feel to picture the whole world being fed by the same kindness you are?
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