ਸੁੰਨਹੁ ਧਰਤਿ ਅਕਾਸੁ ਉਪਾਏ ॥
sunnahu Dharat akaas upaa-ay.
From this Primal Void, the earth and the Akaashic Ethers were created.
ਬਿਨੁ ਥੰਮਾ ਰਾਖੇ ਸਚੁ ਕਲ ਪਾਏ ॥
bin thammaa raakhay sach kal paa-ay.
He supports them without any visible support, by exercising His True Power.
ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਸਾਜਿ ਮੇਖੁਲੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇ ਖਪਾਇਦਾ ॥੬॥
taribhavan saaj maykhulee maa-i-aa aap upaa-ay khapaa-idaa. ||6||
He fashioned the three worlds, and the rope of Maya; He Himself creates and destroys. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Out of the stillness came the earth and the wide-open sky.
The One holds them up with no visible support at all, just by its own true power.
The One made the three worlds and the ties that bind us to them, and the One shapes and unshapes it all.
The One holds up the whole world with nothing you can see.
'Bin thammaa raakhay': held without pillars. 'Mekhulee maaya' is the rope of maya, the ties that bind us to the world, made by the same One who can loosen them.
A Question to Sit With
What amazes you about how the world stays up with nothing holding it?
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