ਖੋਜ ਅਸੰਖਾ ਅਨਿਕ ਤਪੰਥਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਨਹੀ ਪਹੂਚਾ ॥
khoj asankhaa anik tapanthaa bin gur nahee pahoochaa.
Millions search for Him, on various paths, but without the Guru, none find Him.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੀ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਰਸ ਭੂੰਚਾ ॥੨॥੧॥੩੨॥
kaho naanak kirpaa karee thaakur mil saaDhoo ras bhoonchaa. ||2||1||32||
Says Nanak, the Lord Master has become Merciful. Meeting the Holy Saint, I drink in the sublime essence. ||2||1||32||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Millions search on many paths, but without the teaching none find it.
Nanak says: the Master turned merciful; meeting the good, I drink the sweetness.
What no path reaches by force, grace gives freely — the long search ends not in conquest but in a gift.
The close answers P1's question: the unreachable One is not found by the "millions" who "search on various paths" through their own effort, but through "the Guru" and mercy. What no path reaches by force, grace gives freely to the one who meets the teaching. The extensive search of P0 ends not in a conquest but in a gift.
A Question to Sit With
After searching hard for something, have you ever found it finally came as a gift, not a conquest?
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