Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Say it again: the One, only One, nothing else beside it. Rare is the person who really tastes what that means.
You can't fully know the greatness of the One — you can only stand amazed. It is all wonder, all the way down.
A Shalok landing on wonder. Ayko ayk — "One, one" — repeated, and birlaa jaanai savaad: rare is the one who knows its taste (not just its idea — savaad is flavor, direct experience). Then the beautiful admission: gun gobind na jaaneeai — the One's greatness can't be fully known — followed by sabh bismaad: "all is wonder, all is amazement." This is Wahe — the breath-taken exclamation of awe. The verse is content to leave the mind at the edge of the un-graspable and call that edge wonder rather than a failure. Not knowing becomes the doorway, not the wall.
When has "I don't understand this" turned into "wow" instead of frustration?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI