Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Supreme One has no edge and no far shore -- no end you could ever reach. Who could ever measure or fully understand that vastness?
Nanak says: the one grace touches finds the place that never washes away, and in good company, is carried safely across.
This one ends in wonder: the One has no edge anyone could reach, and grace carries us home.
Paarbarahm kaa ant na paar — the Supreme One has no end and no far shore. Paarbarahm means the Supreme, beyond everything. Ka-un karai taa kaa beechaar — who could ever fully think it through? Try counting the stars on a clear night. You run out of counting long before the sky runs out of stars.
The shabad listed everything that ends. Now it admits that the Endless cannot be listed at all.
And the answer is grace. Kaho naanak jis kirpaa karai — Nanak says, the one on whom grace falls. That person finds the nihchal thaan, the place that never washes away. In saaDhsang, good company, they are carried across the same ocean of change the whole shabad described.
How does it feel to know that some things are so vast they can be loved without being fully understood?
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