Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 149
Verse 32 of 87

There Is No End to the Praises

ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mehlaa 3.
Third Mehl:
ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਤੋਟਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
har gun tot na aavee keemat kahan na jaa-ay.
There is no end to the Lord's Glorious Praises; His worth cannot be described.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਰਵਹਿ ਗੁਣ ਮਹਿ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥
naanak gurmukh har gun raveh gun meh rahai samaa-ay. ||2||
O Nanak, the Gurmukhs chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord; they are absorbed in His Glorious Virtues. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

You could never run out of good things to say about the One. There is no bottom to that well, and no words big enough to measure it.

Nanak says: those who turn toward the Guru keep singing anyway. Something wonderful happens: they slowly become part of the very goodness they are praising.

Praise what is good long enough, and you slowly become part of it.
The deeper layer

You can never run out of good things to say about the One.

This tiny verse works by overflowing. Har gun tot na aavee means the One's goodness never runs short. Keemat kahan na jaa-ay: no one can put a price on it, or even describe it. Think of trying to count the stars on a clear night. You give up, smiling.

The second line is the quiet reward. The gurmukh, the one who turns toward the Guru, raveh, keeps dwelling on that goodness. Then gun meh rahai samaa-ay: they end up living inside the goodness itself. You stop describing it from the outside. Steady attention closes the distance.

This is simran, remembering the One, as a joy. Praise is a doorway, not a duty.

A Question to Sit With

Is there something good you love so much that talking about it makes you feel more like it?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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