ਕਉਤਕੁ ਕਾਲੁ ਇਹੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਪਠਾਇਆ ॥
ka-utak kaal ih hukam pathaa-i-aa.
You issue Your Command for this amazing thing, death.
ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਓਪਾਇ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
jee-a jant opaa-ay samaa-i-aa.
You create all beings and creatures, and absorb them back into Yourself.
ਵੇਖੈ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਸਭਿ ਰੰਗ ਮਾਣੇ ਰਚਨੁ ਕੀਨਾ ਇਕੁ ਆਖਾੜਾ ॥੯॥
vaykhai vigsai sabh rang maanay rachan keenaa ik aakhaarhaa. ||9||
You gaze in delight upon the one arena of the world, and enjoy all the pleasures. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even the great turning of endings moves at Your quiet word.
You bring all beings into being and gently gather them back into Yourself.
You watch it all with delight and enjoy every color of it, as if the whole world were one great playground You set up.
Endings are part of the turning of everything.
Even death moves at the One's Command. 'Kautak kaal' (the wonder of death) and 'aakhaarhaa' (the arena) make the world one great playground the One delights in, where endings are part of the turning.
A Question to Sit With
What is a change you once feared that turned out to be part of something bigger?
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