Sikhism·Raag Bilaaval·Shabad 80
Verse 3 of 5

The Storehouse Never Empties

ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਕਦੇ ਮੂਲਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥
tot na aavai kaday mool pooran bhandaar.
There is never any deficiency at all; the Lord's treasures are over-flowing.
ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਬਸੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰ ॥੨॥
charan kamal man tan basay parabh agam apaar. ||2||
His Lotus Feet are enshrined within my mind and body; God is inaccessible and infinite. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

There is never, ever a shortage — the One's storehouse is always overflowing.

The One's lotus feet live in my mind and body — God beyond reach and beyond end.

There is enough — the deep storehouse never runs dry.
The deeper layer

The One's storehouse never runs out.

Tot na aavai kaday mool — there is never any shortage at all. Pooran bhandaar — the storehouse is always full. Think of a well fed by a spring. You can draw water all day, and it fills up again.

Charan kamal man tan basay — the One's "lotus feet," the One's loving presence, live in my mind and body. And yet the One is agam apaar, beyond reach and without end. That is the surprise of this verse. The One is too big to measure, and still close enough to live inside you.

A Question to Sit With

When have you worried there was not enough, but there turned out to be plenty?

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