ਭਾਉ ਨ ਭਗਤੀ ਨਾ ਸਿਵ ਸਕਤੀ ॥
bhaa-o na bhagtee naa siv saktee.
There was no love or devotion, no Shiva or Shakti - no energy or matter.
ਸਾਜਨੁ ਮੀਤੁ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਨਹੀ ਰਕਤੀ ॥
saajan meet bind nahee raktee.
There were no friends or companions, no semen or blood.
ਆਪੇ ਸਾਹੁ ਆਪੇ ਵਣਜਾਰਾ ਸਾਚੇ ਏਹੋ ਭਾਇਦਾ ॥੧੨॥
aapay saahu aapay vanjaaraa saachay ayho bhaa-idaa. ||12||
He Himself is the banker, and He Himself is the merchant. Such is the Pleasure of the Will of the True Lord. ||12||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There was no worship yet, and no matter and energy pulling at each other.
There were no friends and no companions, and no bodies had been formed at all.
The One was its own keeper and its own trader; the One was simply everything, all by itself, and that was its joy.
The One needed nothing outside itself.
'Bind nahee raktee': no seed and no blood, so no bodies had been formed yet. 'Aapay saahu aapay vanjaaraa': the One was both the banker and the merchant, needing nothing outside itself.
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