ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
maalee ga-urhaa mehlaa 5.
Maalee Gauraa, Fifth Mehl:
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਮਰਥ ਦੇਵ ਅਪਾਰ ॥
parabh samrath dayv apaar.
God is all-powerful, divine and infinite.
ਕਉਨੁ ਜਾਨੈ ਚਲਿਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਪਾਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ka-un jaanai chalit tayray kichh ant naahee paar. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Who knows Your wondrous plays? You have no end or limitation. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is all-powerful, shining, and without any limit.
Who could ever know all Your wondrous play? You have no end and no edge.
The One's play is too wide to map — and that's a wonder, not a worry.
The rahao: the One is sarab-shakti (all-powerful), jyot (light), anant (endless). Kaun jaanai chalit tayray — who can know Your wondrous play? — poses the raag's recurring wonder: the One's khel (play) is beyond mapping, and that's cause for delight, not despair.
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