Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is the teaching, and the One is the teacher.
The One is all the splendor, and the One is the one who takes it in.
The One is on every side of every experience. Here is the Rahao, the "pause" line at the center of the shabad.
Aapan bachan aap hee karnaa — the One is the teaching, and the One is the teacher. This echoes a Sikh idea: the Word itself is the Guru. Aapan bibha-o aap hee jarnaa — the One is the splendor, and the One is also the one who enjoys it.
Think of a sunset. The One is the colors in the sky, and also the eyes looking up in wonder. Speaker and speech, beauty and the one who sees it: all of it is one.
When you learn something beautiful, is the learner ever separate from the thing learned?
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