ਨਾ ਇਸੁ ਬਾਪੁ ਨਹੀ ਇਸੁ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
naa is baap nahee is maa-i-aa.
He has no father; He has no mother.
ਇਹੁ ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਹੋਤਾ ਆਇਆ ॥
ih aprampar hotaa aa-i-aa.
He is beyond the beyond, and has always been so.
ਪਾਪ ਪੁੰਨ ਕਾ ਇਸੁ ਲੇਪੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥
paap punn kaa is layp na laagai.
He is not affected by virtue or vice.
ਘਟ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਜਾਗੈ ॥੩॥
ghat ghat antar sad hee jaagai. ||3||
Deep within each and every heart, He is always awake and aware. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One has no father and no mother.
The One is beyond the beyond, and has always simply been.
No good deed or bad deed leaves its mark on the One.
Deep in every heart, the One is always awake and aware.
Beyond every label, the One is still wide awake inside every heart.
Naa is baap nahee is maa-i-aa — the One is unborn, aprampar (beyond the beyond), self-existing. Paap punn kaa is layp na laagai — neither virtue nor vice sticks to the One; it is beyond the ledger of merit and blame entirely. Yet — and this is the warm turn after all the negations — ghat ghat antar sad hee jaagai: this boundless One is awake inside every heart, closer than close.
A Question to Sit With
Can something be far beyond you and very close to you at the same time?
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