Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Tonight the moon is full — round and bright and complete. The One is complete like that, the Power behind everything that happens, the reason causes work at all.
Kind to every living thing, with a hand of care held over all. A treasure of goodness. The One who knows the inside of you, who sees what no eye can see, pure and unstained.
The One knows every way and every path. A support for good-hearted people, and a shelter for anyone who asks. Around the whole clock, day and night, I bow with thanks.
No words can fully tell this story — so I simply hold the One close. The lifter of the fallen, the family of those who have no one. This is the shelter I have stepped into.
On the night of the full moon, the poem says the One is complete like that moon, and is a shelter for everyone.
Poornamaa means full moon. It is the partner of the new moon, the night when the cycle is brightest and most whole.
The verse strings together a long necklace of names for the One. Pooran means complete. Karan kaaran samrath means the power behind every cause. Daiaal means kind. Antarjaamee means the One who knows what is inside you. Alakh niranjan means unseen and unstained. Patit udhaaran means the One who lifts the fallen.
Two lines need care. Akath kathaa nah boojheeai means "the story no one can speak cannot be grasped." That is not a dead end. It is an invitation. When words run out, you do not argue. You hold the One close: simrahu har kay charan, "keep the One's feet in your mind."
And anaath naath means the family of those who have no one. This is the tender heart of the verse. The shelter reaches out most of all to people the world has left out. Think of a friend who saves a seat for the new kid. The full moon looks like something earned. But the verse says its fullness belongs to the One, and comes to us as shelter.
Who do you know that might feel left out or alone — and how could you be a bit of shelter for them?
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