Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I cannot find words to describe such a builder. He is inside every single thing, in every single place.
It is like a person who cannot speak, who has tasted the sweetest nectar. When you ask them what it was like, they can only smile. No words are big enough.
Some things are so sweet that words cannot hold them.
Aiso baydhee baran na saaka-o — I cannot describe such a carpenter. Sabh antar sabh thaaN-ee — the One is inside everything, in every place.
Then Namdev gives one of Gurbani's gentlest pictures. GooNgai mahaa amrit ras chaakhi-aa — a person who cannot speak tastes the sweetest nectar. Amrit ras means that nectar, the most wonderful taste there is. When you ask them what it was like, they cannot tell you. They can only smile.
Think of trying to describe the smell of rain, or how your first hug from a new baby cousin felt. You try, and the words fall short. That is not because the thing is unreal. It is because it is more real than words can hold.
Can you think of a feeling so big that words could not quite capture it?
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