ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
maaroo mehlaa 3.
Maaroo, Third Mehl:
ਜੁਗ ਛਤੀਹ ਕੀਓ ਗੁਬਾਰਾ ॥
jug chhateeh kee-o gubaaraa.
For thirty-six ages, utter darkness prevailed.
ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
too aapay jaaneh sirjanhaaraa.
Only You Yourself know this, O Creator Lord.
ਹੋਰ ਕਿਆ ਕੋ ਕਹੈ ਕਿ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੈ ਤੂ ਆਪੇ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਇਦਾ ॥੧॥
hor ki-aa ko kahai ke aakh vakhaanai too aapay keemat paa-idaa. ||1||
What can anyone else say? What can anyone explain? Only You Yourself can estimate Your worth. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Long before there was anything at all, through ages upon ages, only the One was there in the great quiet.
No one else could say what that was like; only the One knows its own vastness.
Before there was anything at all, only the One was there, in the great quiet.
Ages of deep quiet came before creation, and only the Creator knows them. It is a place of wonder: the One, alone before time, beyond anyone's words.
A Question to Sit With
What do you imagine was there before everything began?
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