ਅਗਮ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
agam agochar alakh apaaraa.
You are inaccessible, unfathomable, invisible and infinite;
ਕੋਇ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਤੇਰਾ ਪਰਵਾਰਾ ॥
ko-ay na jaanai tayraa parvaaraa.
no one knows Your extent.
ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣਹਿ ਆਪੇ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਆਪਿ ਬੁਝਾਇਦਾ ॥੪॥
aapnaa aap pachhaaneh aapay gurmatee aap bujhaa-idaa. ||4||
You Yourself realize Yourself. Through the Guru's Teachings, You reveal Yourself. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Beyond reach, beyond seeing, beyond any edge, the One is more than anyone can grasp.
Only the One knows itself fully, and through the Guru's teachings, it lets itself be known to us.
What is beyond all our reach still chooses to let itself be known.
A piling of negations points to transcendence. The self-knowing One reveals itself through the Guru, so grace bridges the gap.
A Question to Sit With
What is something too big to fully understand that still feels close?
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