Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O Beloved, your words are pure nectar.
Most beautiful One, you charm my heart, Beloved. You are inside all, and yet apart from all.
This one says: the One is inside everything, and also bigger than everything.
sabhahoo madh niraare — you are among all, and yet apart from all. This is one of the deepest puzzles about the One. Two old words name its two sides. Sargun means the One with form, present in every thing. Nirgun means the One beyond every form.
The One is fully inside every person and every leaf, nearer than near. Yet it is never used up by any of them, or even by all of them together. Think of a song playing in every room of a house. It fills each room. But the song is not the room, and it is bigger than the whole house. Both things are true, and neither cancels the other.
Guru Arjan calls the One manmohan here, the Enchanter of the heart, the beauty that pulls us in. And its words are "nectar," sweet to taste. That is this raag's way: a huge puzzle, told in the words of someone in love.
Can something be completely inside everything and also bigger than all of it? How do both feel true at once?
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