ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
maaroo mehlaa 1.
Maaroo, First Mehl:
ਆਪੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਧਉਲੁ ਅਕਾਸੰ ॥
aapay Dhartee Dha-ul akaasaN.
He Himself is the earth, the mythical bull which supports it and the Akaashic ethers.
ਆਪੇ ਸਾਚੇ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਗਾਸੰ ॥
aapay saachay gun pargaasaN.
The True Lord Himself reveals His Glorious Virtues.
ਜਤੀ ਸਤੀ ਸੰਤੋਖੀ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੇ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੧॥
jatee satee santokhee aapay aapay kaar kamaa-ee hay. ||1||
He Himself is celibate, chaste and contented; He Himself is the Doer of deeds. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the earth beneath my feet and the wide sky above me. The old stories say a mighty bull holds the world steady, and it is You holding everything.
You are pure and content and complete all on Your own.
And whatever gets done anywhere, You are the One quietly doing it.
Behind every old story of what holds up the world is the One, holding it all.
The bull (Dha-ul) said to hold up the earth is an old story that points past itself: the One upholds all. The cosmos is a place of wonder.
A Question to Sit With
What is a story you have heard about how the world began or how it stays up?
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