ਸ੍ਰੀਰੰਗ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੇ ਵਾਸੀ ॥
sareerang baikunth kay vaasee.
The Lover of greatness, who dwells in heaven.
ਮਛੁ ਕਛੁ ਕੂਰਮੁ ਆਗਿਆ ਅਉਤਰਾਸੀ ॥
machh kachh kooram aagi-aa a-utraasee.
By the Pleasure of His Will, He took incarnation as the great fish and the tortoise.
ਕੇਸਵ ਚਲਤ ਕਰਹਿ ਨਿਰਾਲੇ ਕੀਤਾ ਲੋੜਹਿ ਸੋ ਹੋਇਗਾ ॥੮॥
kaysav chalat karahi niraalay keetaa lorheh so ho-igaa. ||8||
The Lord of beauteous hair, the Worker of miraculous deeds, whatever He wishes, comes to pass. ||8||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One who lives in the highest joy, who has appeared in wonder after wonder.
Even, the old stories say, as the great fish and the great tortoise that held up the world.
Whatever this One wishes simply comes to be.
The same wonder runs through every story of how the world is held.
Whatever the One wishes comes to be.
Machh kachh kooram, the great fish and the tortoise, are marvels from the old stories of how the world was held. Keetaa lorheh so ho-igaa, whatever You wish comes to pass: this is Hukam, the easy flow of everything that is.
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What is a story about how the world began that you find amazing?
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