Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What scale could I ever find big enough to weigh You? What weights, what expert could measure Your worth?
From which teacher would I even learn how, and who could ever put a price on You? You are beyond all of it.
Guru Nanak asks a pile of questions to show that no one can measure the One.
Ka-un taraajee kavan tulaa — "What taraajee, what scale? What tulaa, what weights?" Kavan saraaf bulaavaa — "What saraaf should I call?" A saraaf was an expert who tested gold and said what it was worth.
Ka-un guroo kai peh deekhi-aa layvaa — "Which teacher could even teach me how?" Kai peh mul karaavaa — "Who could set Your price?"
Think of trying to weigh the ocean on a kitchen scale. The questions pile up until the answer is plain: the One is beyond all measuring.
What is something in your life too precious to put a price on?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI