ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ ੫ ॥
dayvganDhaaree 5.
Dayv-Gandhaaree, Fifth Mehl:
ਜਾਨੀ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਗਾਤਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jaanee na jaa-ee taa kee gaat. ||1|| rahaa-o.
His state cannot be known. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Its state cannot be known.
The One isn't a puzzle to be solved but a reality beyond knowing — and that un-knowing is met with wonder, not frustration.
This line says something simple and big: we cannot fully know the One. jaanee na jaa-ee taa kee gaat — "His state cannot be known."
Think of trying to pour the whole ocean into a cup. The cup is not broken. The ocean is just bigger. Our minds are small, and the One has no edges. The One is not a puzzle we will solve one day. That is not a failure. It is simply true.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. And as the shabad goes on, this not-knowing is met with wonder, not frustration.
A Question to Sit With
Can you rest in genuinely not being able to 'know' something, and let it become wonder?
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