Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nothing truly comes and nothing truly goes — it is all one great play, set in motion by the One who holds everything.
The One is beyond all reach and all grasping; those who love the One make the Name their steady support.
The closing seal lifts to the widest view: naa kichh aavat naa kichh jaavat — 'nothing comes, nothing goes' — the verse imagines all arriving and passing as the Sovereign's play, a formulation that resonates with the Ik Onkar vision; read contemplatively, it can loosen the mind's grip on what seems fixed. Sabh khayl kee-o har raa-i-o — 'it is all a play set going by the One' — existence as the joyful, purposeful leela of the One. Agam agam hai thaakur — the One remains beyond reach and beyond grasp (the unknowable-vastness motif). And the grounding close: bhagat tayk har naa-i-o — those who love make the Name their support (tayk). The whole batch, again and again, comes to rest here: the vast, unreachable One, held close as one's daily support through the Name.
When everything around you feels like it's constantly changing, what stays steady enough to lean on?
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