ਸਸੁਰੈ ਪੇਈਐ ਪਿਰੁ ਵਸੈ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
sasurai pay-ee-ai pir vasai kaho kit biDh paa-ee-ai.
Our Husband Lord dwells in this world, and in the world beyond. Tell me, how can He be found?
ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਅਲਖੁ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਾਈਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
aap niranjan alakh hai aapay maylaa-ee-ai. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The Immaculate Lord Himself is unseen. He unites us with Himself. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My Beloved lives in this world and the next both. Tell me, how can I find him? The pure One is unseen -- and yet it is the One that joins us to itself.
The Beloved is in both worlds yet unseen -- and it is the One who does the finding.
The Rahao: the Beloved is on both shores (cf. the animal-forms shabad) yet unseen. The question "how can He be found?" is answered not by a technique but by grace: He unites us with Himself. The seeking soul cannot reach the unseen by effort; the unseen does the joining.
A Question to Sit With
Have you ever stopped striving for something and found it came to you?
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