ਖੰਡ ਪਤਾਲ ਦੀਪ ਸਭਿ ਲੋਆ ॥
khand pataal deep sabh lo-aa.
All the continents, nether worlds, islands and worlds
ਸਭਿ ਕਾਲੈ ਵਸਿ ਆਪਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕੀਆ ॥
sabh kaalai vas aap parabh kee-aa.
- God Himself has made them all subject to death.
ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਏਕੁ ਆਪਿ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਸੋ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਜੋ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਧਿਆਇਦਾ ॥੭॥
nihchal ayk aap abhinaasee so nihchal jo tiseh Dhi-aa-idaa. ||7||
The One Imperishable Lord Himself is unmoving and unchanging. Meditating on Him, one becomes unchanging. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All the lands, the worlds below, the islands and the worlds — the One made every one of them to pass away in time.
Only the One stays steady, and never passes away.
Whoever remembers the One becomes steady too.
Everything changes; resting your heart on the One grows a steady center.
Khand, pataal, deep, sabh lo-aa — realms, worlds below, islands, all the worlds — are under kaal, death and time. Everything moves on. Set against this is the One who is nihchal, abhinaasee — unmoving, never perishing. And the promise: so nihchal jo tiseh Dhi-aa-idaa — whoever remembers the steady One becomes steady too.
A Question to Sit With
What is something that felt permanent but changed, and what stayed steady for you through it?
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