Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
On the third day, remember how big the One is. Even the great powers people have honored for ages -- the makers, the protectors, the changers of worlds -- came from this One.
There are more forms of life and light than anyone could ever count, and the One who shaped them all knows exactly what each is worth.
And because it fills every one of them completely, no one is far from it and no one is nearer than anyone else. It is equally close to all.
tritia, the third day. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva and the many gods and goddesses all arise within the One's creation, named with respect. Two things stand out, scale and fairness: the One is beyond even the greatest powers of the traditions, and kis nayrhai kis aakhaa door -- since it pervades all, no one is closer or farther. Equal nearness for everyone is a quiet form of the poem's caste-leveling.
If the One is equally close to everybody, does anyone deserve to be treated as less?
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