ਅਪਣੀ ਗਹਣ ਗਤਿ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
apnee gahan gat aapay jaanai.
Only He Himself knows His depth and extent.
ਹੋਰੁ ਲੋਕੁ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੈ ॥
hor lok sun sun aakh vakhaanai.
Other people can only listen and hear what is spoken and said.
ਗਿਆਨੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਸਾਚੀ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਲਾਹਾ ਹੇ ॥੪॥
gi-aanee hovai so gurmukh boojhai saachee sifat salaahaa hay. ||4||
One who is spiritually wise, understands himself as Gurmukh; he praises the True Lord. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
No one can measure how deep the One goes; only the One knows.
We listen, and we learn, and the wise ones come to know themselves and sing out in praise.
We cannot measure the One, but we can listen and come to know ourselves.
Human knowing here is receptive, a matter of deep listening. Wisdom begins in self-knowledge and flowers naturally into praise of the True One.
A Question to Sit With
What is something too big to measure that you still love?
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