ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਸਦ ਹੋਵਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
sadaa sadaa sad hovanhaaraa.
Forever, forever and ever, He shall always exist.
ਊਚਾ ਅਗਮੁ ਅਥਾਹੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
oochaa agam athaahu apaaraa.
He is lofty, inaccessible, unfathomable and infinite.
ਊਣੇ ਭਰੇ ਭਰੇ ਭਰਿ ਊਣੇ ਏਹਿ ਚਲਤ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਕੇ ਕਾਰਣਾ ॥੫॥
oonay bharay bharay bhar oonay ayhi chalat su-aamee kay kaarnaa. ||5||
He fills the empty, and empties out the filled; such are the plays and dramas of my Lord and Master. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are, forever and ever, and always will be.
You are high, beyond reach, beyond measure, without end.
You fill the empty and empty the full. This is the play of my Master.
Life keeps turning — filling the empty, emptying the full — and that turning is the One's play.
The One exists forever, lofty and unfathomable and infinite. It fills the empty and empties the full — the constant turning of fortunes is the One's chalat, its play. Life's reversals are the movement of a game.
A Question to Sit With
When has something empty in your life quietly filled back up?
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