Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
No one can measure how great You are — You alone spread out this whole universe, and only You know its size.
Nanak says: seat me in the boat with the Guru's holy people, and carry me across the wide sea of the world to the far shore.
Life is like a wide, rough sea, and no one has to cross it alone.
First, the verse says no one can measure the One. The One alone spread out the whole universe.
Then comes a picture. The world is a bhav saagar, a big, choppy ocean. That is not to scare us. It is to say the crossing is real.
SaaDh naav means the boat of the holy. It is the Guru's people: holy people whose calm carries you when your own courage wobbles. Think of a team canoe. When your arms get tired, the others keep paddling.
The song began with "Who am I?" It ends with a humble request: please give me a seat with the holy.
Who are the people you would want in your boat when the water gets rough?
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