Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is endless — without limit — and does all that is done.
Beyond reach and beyond grasping, the One is the support that holds every living being.
Reaching out a hand, the One cares for all, filling and fulfilling every need.
Kind and forgiving by nature, the One is remembered and a heart is carried safely across. Whatever pleases You is good; here at Your door, I rest.
A Pauri of vastness and tenderness held together. Prabh bay-ant kichh ant naahi — "the One is limitless, has no end" — and agam agochar, "beyond reach, beyond the senses' grasp." Yet this immensity is described entirely through care: it is jee-aan kaa parnaa, "the support/prop of all beings," and hasat day-ay partipaaldaa — "giving its hand, it nurtures," bharan pokhan, "filling and feeding." The biggest thing that exists is bent entirely toward holding the smallest. Its nature is named twice as mercy: miharvaan bakhsind, "kind, forgiving." The close is trust, not resignation: jo tudh bhaavai so bhalaa — "whatever pleases You is good" — read here as a child's settled confidence in a loving hand, resting saran, at the door.
Does it feel comforting or scary to imagine something endless that is also completely kind? Why?
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