Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is beyond reach, beyond grasping; no one can measure how vast it is. Seekers, accomplished masters, and the wisest teachers all hold it in their hearts. And when the "me, me, me" finally melts away and all the confusion clears, the Guru reveals the One right there — inside the mind itself.
This verse says no one can measure the One, yet the Guru shows the One inside your own mind once the "me, me, me" melts away.
First, how big the One is. "Agam agochar kichh mit nahee jaanee" — beyond reach, beyond the senses, no one knows the limit. Agam agochar means out of reach and out of sight. Mit means measure. You can't put a tape measure around the One. This idea comes up again and again in this raag. Even the greatest remember the One: saaDhik (seekers), siDh (masters said to have special powers) and gi-aanee (wise teachers). Not one of them can hold the whole. The Infinite stays infinite, even for experts.
Then the turn. How is the One found? Not by measuring. By a change in the seeker. "Khudee mitee chookaa bholaavaa" — the ego was wiped out and the confusion ended. Khudee means the proud "I am somebody" self. It's a Persian word that Sufi poets use too. The Guru uses words many people of that time shared. Bholaavaa means being fooled or mixed up.
And then: "gur man hee meh paragtaa-i-aa" — the Guru lit up the One right inside the mind. That settles the puzzle. The One too big to measure shows up in your own mind, once the ego steps aside. Think of a cloudy window. You don't need a bigger window to see the sky. You just wipe the glass. An earlier song in this raag says, "everything is within the home." The endless One and the quiet space inside you meet. Losing the ego isn't a loss. It's the clearing where the light shines through.
The verse says the vast One appears inside you when the "me, me, me" melts away. Have you noticed that you see and understand more clearly when you stop thinking about yourself so much?
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