Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You alone are the Lord of thousands upon thousands of worlds.
You are my Lord and King, my Beloved.
The dialogue opens out into praise: the intimate friend of the earlier verses is also "the Lord of so many thousands of worlds." Naam Dayv holds the two together without strain — the One is both the close companion you say hello to and the sovereign of countless worlds. Great intimacy and great majesty are not opposites; the same One is both nearest friend and King of all. (Naam Dayv addresses the One with the beloved names of his own devotional world — the point being that all these names reach for the one reality.)
Can you hold both: something vast enough to rule all worlds, and near enough to be your closest friend?
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