Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A frog in a deep well knows nothing but its own small circle of water — it can't even imagine faraway lands.
In just that way, my mind, caught up in shallow things, hasn't yet seen how vast You are, here and beyond.
Ravidas opens with a wonderful, humble picture: the frog in the well. The frog thinks its little pool is the whole world — it has no idea of rivers, oceans, distant countries. Ravidas says, gently and honestly, that's me right now — my mind, absorbed in small and shallow things (bikhiaa, the pull of surface cravings), hasn't yet glimpsed how immense the Beloved really is. It's not self-hatred; it's a humble, clear admission that opens the whole song: I know my view is small — so please widen it.
What's something that once felt like your whole world, until you discovered how much bigger reality was?
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