Sikhism·Raag Bilaaval·Shabad 104
Verse 5 of 5

Purest of the Pure, Highest of the High

ਨਿਰਮਲ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਸੂਚਾ ਸੂਚੋ ਸੂਚਾ ਸੂਚੋ ਸੂਚਾ ॥
nirmal nirmal soochaa soocho soochaa soocho soochaa.
He is the most immaculate of the immaculate, the purest of the pure, so pure, so pure.
ਅੰਤ ਨ ਅੰਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਬੇਅੰਤਾ ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਊਚੋ ਊਚਾ ॥੪॥੧॥੮੭॥
ant na antaa sadaa bay-antaa kaho naanak oocho oochaa. ||4||1||87||
He has no end or limitation; He is forever unlimited. Says Nanak, He is the highest of the high. ||4||1||87||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Spotless, spotless — pure, pure, pure beyond anything I can picture.

No end, no edge, always without limit — Nanak says, the very highest of the high.

Some things are pure and vast past the edge of imagining.
The deeper layer

nirmal nirmal soochaa soocho — the immaculate, thrice-pure. ant na antaa sadaa bay-antaa — no end at all, forever without limit. The closing crescendo of the shabad.

A Question to Sit With

What is the biggest, clearest thing you can picture?

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