Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 75 - Before Anything, There Was the One
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Raag Soohee, Shabad 75 - Only You Know How Vast You Are

ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਤੁਹੀ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥
jee-a jant sabh tayray keetay ghat ghat tuhee Dhi-aa-ee-ai.
You created all beings and creatures. Each and every heart meditates on You.
ਤੇਰੀ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਤੂਹੈ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੩॥
tayree gat mit toohai jaaneh kudrat keem na paa-ee-ai. ||3||
Your condition and expanse are known only to You; the value of Your creative omnipotence cannot be estimated. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Every living thing was made by You, and in every single heart, You are the one being reached for.

How big You are, how far You reach - only You know that. It is more than anyone could ever measure.

How vast the One is, only the One knows.
The deeper layer

Every creature is the One's making, and only the One knows how vast the One is.

Jee-a jant sabh tayray keetay — all living beings were made by You. Ghat ghat tuhee Dhi-aa-ee-ai — in ghat ghat, every single heart, it is You who is being remembered, even when people don't know it.

Tayree gat mit toohai jaaneh — Your gat, Your state, and Your mit, Your measure, only You know. Kudrat keem na paa-ee-ai — no one can put a price on Your kudrat, Your creative power, which shows itself in all of nature.

Try counting the grains of sand on one beach, then all the beaches on earth, then all the stars. You'd never finish. The One is bigger than any list we could make.

A Question to Sit With

What is something too vast for anyone to fully measure?

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