Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
The One who has no shape takes shape all by Itself, and the One Itself lets us wander lost in doubt.
The Creator makes the whole creation and watches over it, and sets each of us to whatever the One likes.
This is the greatness of the One's servant: the One leads them to live by the Hukam, the flow of existence.
The One who has no shape becomes every shape, and a servant's greatness is to live by the hukam.
Nirankaar aakaar hai means the Formless One is the form too. Think of water. It has no shape of its own, yet it fills every glass, bowl and river. The whole world is the Formless One appearing.
Aapay bharam bhulaa-ay means the One also lets us get confused. That sounds hard. Put gently, even our confusion happens inside the One. We are never outside it. Kar kar kartaa aapay vaykhai: the Maker makes, and watches over what was made.
Then comes the key line. A servant's greatness, vadi-aa-ee, is to live by the hukam. Hukam means the One's will, the way life flows. Greatness means moving with that flow, not fighting it.
If everything around you is one thing wearing many shapes, how might you see people differently?
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