Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The old holy books and scriptures all speak of the One.
The seekers and searchers of every kind describe the One.
The yogis, the devoted, the wise and the disciplined,
none of them can reach the far edge of the Endless One.
The Guru says that all the great holy books point to the One, and still the One has no edge.
The verse names the Simritees, Shaastras, Vedas and Puraanas. These are great holy books of the Hindu tradition. It names many kinds of seekers too: jogee, yogis; jatee, people who live very simply and stay unmarried; and baisno, people devoted to Vishnu. They are named with respect. Each of them is pointing to the One.
Then comes the turn. Mit naahee barahm abinaas — none of them can find the limit of the Endless One. Abinaas means never ending.
This is not saying they failed. It is saying how big the One is. Think of many friends each drawing a map of the ocean. Every map is useful. The ocean is still bigger than all the maps put together.
Why might something truly vast be impossible for any one book to fully capture?
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