Verse 3 of 3
The Immensity You Can't Grasp, the Intimacy You Can't Lose
ਸਮਰਥ ਅਥਾਹ ਬਡਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਰਾ ॥
samrath athaah badaa parabh mayraa.
My God is all-powerful, unfathomable and utterly vast.
ਘਟ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਨੇਰਾ ॥
ghat ghat antar saahib nayraa.
The Lord and Master is close at hand - He dwells in each and every heart.
ਤਾ ਕੀ ਸਰਨਿ ਆਸਰ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾ ਕਾ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰ ॥੨॥੩॥੩੬॥
taa kee saran aasar parabh naanak jaa kaa ant na paaraavaar. ||2||3||36||
Nanak seeks the Sanctuary and the Support of God, who has no end or limitation. ||2||3||36||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My One is all-powerful, unfathomable, utterly vast.
The Master is close at hand — it lives in every heart. Nanak seeks the shelter of the One with no end.
The immensity you cannot grasp is also the intimacy you cannot lose — vast beyond fathoming, yet nearer than your heartbeat.
The close holds the raag's great pairing: the One is "all-powerful, unfathomable, utterly vast" and "close at hand — dwells in each and every heart." Vast beyond fathoming, yet nearer than your own heartbeat. This is the whole comfort of the raag: the immensity you cannot grasp is also the intimacy you cannot lose. Take shelter in that.
A Question to Sit With
Does it comfort you that what's too vast to grasp is also too near to lose?
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