ਕਵਨ ਰੂਪ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿਓ ਬਿਨਸਾਇਓ ॥
kavan roop daristi-o binsaa-i-o.
How many forms and images appeared and disappeared?
ਕਤਹਿ ਗਇਓ ਉਹੁ ਕਤ ਤੇ ਆਇਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kateh ga-i-o uho kat tay aa-i-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Where have they gone? Where did they come from? ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
So many forms appear, and then they disappear. Where did they come from? Where do they go?
Everything you see arrives out of the One, and quietly returns to the One.
Everything comes from the One and returns to the One.
This is the Rahao, the still center of the shabad. kavan roop... kateh ga-i-o uho kat tay aa-i-o — the questions are not meant to be answered so much as felt. Asking them loosens our grip on the idea that passing shapes are the whole story.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you think things go when they end?
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