ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
maaroo mehlaa 3.
Maaroo, Third Mehl:
ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰਿ ਆਕਾਰੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥
nirankaar aakaar upaa-i-aa.
The Formless Lord created the universe of form.
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਬਣਾਇਆ ॥
maa-i-aa moh hukam banaa-i-aa.
By the Hukam of His Command, He created attachment to Maya.
ਆਪੇ ਖੇਲ ਕਰੇ ਸਭਿ ਕਰਤਾ ਸੁਣਿ ਸਾਚਾ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਇਦਾ ॥੧॥
aapay khayl karay sabh kartaa sun saachaa man vasaa-idaa. ||1||
The Creator Himself stages all the plays; hearing of the True Lord, enshrine Him in your mind. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One with no shape brought forth this whole world of shapes and colors. Within the flow of life, the pull of things — the attachment we call Maya — appeared too.
The Creator sets the whole play in motion, like a great show. So listen for the True One, and keep the One in your heart.
The whole world of forms is a play staged by the Formless One.
The Formless (nirankaar) creates the world of form (aakaar); Maya-attachment arises within the Hukam; the Creator stages the whole khayl (play). How the world began is held with wonder here, not fear: the world is a wondrous show pointing back to its Maker.
A Question to Sit With
When you look at the world as a kind of show, what stands out as most wondrous?
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