Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There were no scriptures yet, not the Vedas, not the Koran, not the Bible, none of the holy books.
There was no reading aloud, no sunrise and no sunset.
The One who is beyond all understanding was the only speaker and the only listener, seeing everything though no eye could see the One.
Before any holy book was written, only the One spoke.
Bayd katayb na simrit saasat — there were no Vedas and no katayb, the books of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, like the Bible and the Koran. There were no Simritees or Shaastras either, which are other old Hindu writings. Paath puraan udai nahee aasat — no reading of the Puraanas, and no sunrise or sunset.
Every tradition's books are named side by side, with the same respect. Each one came later. All of them point back to the One who inspired them.
Kahtaa baktaa aap agochar — the One beyond our senses was the only speaker. Aapay alakh lakhaa-idaa — the unseen One saw everything. Think of a songwriter humming a tune before a single note is written down. The song begins in the One.
What is a book or teaching you love, and where do you think its wisdom comes from?
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