ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਅਤੁਲੋ ਤੁਲਿਓ ਨ ਜਾਵਤ ॥
nirgun nirankaar abhinaasee atulo tuli-o na jaavat.
The Absolute, Formless, Eternally Unchanging, Immeasurable Lord cannot be measured.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਜਰੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਰਿਆ ਤਿਸ ਹੀ ਕਉ ਬਨਿ ਆਵਤ ॥੪॥੯॥
kaho naanak ajar jin jari-aa tis hee ka-o ban aavat. ||4||9||
Says Nanak, whoever endures the unendurable - this state belongs to him alone. ||4||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is beyond all sizes and shapes — you cannot weigh it or measure it or draw its edges, because it has none.
Nanak says: whoever can somehow hold that vast, unholdable joy inside themselves has found something no one can take away. It becomes theirs.
To hold a joy that vast without breaking is itself the gift.
The One is beyond qualities, formless, immeasurable — the unspeakable, seen from a new angle. To endure the unendurable is to be able to contain an experience so overwhelming it would normally break the vessel — the capacity to hold the infinite. That capacity is itself the fruit of grace.
A Question to Sit With
What helps you stay steady when a feeling is almost too big to contain?
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