Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
No one truly grasps the One; who could map out the One's plans?
Shiva, Brahma, all the silent sages — none of them can fathom the state of the One.
The shabad opens by humbling everyone at once, including the gods. The One's ways are un-mappable; even Shiva and Brahma, even the great sages, "cannot understand." This is not despair but a kind of relief — it takes the pressure off us to figure it all out. If the highest beings in the old stories stand baffled, then our own not-understanding is no failure; it is simply the honest posture of the finite before the infinite. Awe, not analysis, is the fitting response.
Is there relief for you in the idea that you're not supposed to have it all figured out?
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