ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੧
vad-hans mehlaa 5 ghar 1
Wadahans, Fifth Mehl, First House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਅਤਿ ਊਚਾ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਦਰਬਾਰਾ ॥
at oochaa taa kaa darbaaraa.
His Darbaar, His Court, is the most lofty and exalted.
ਅੰਤੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਿਛੁ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰਾ ॥
ant naahee kichh paaraavaaraa.
It has no end or limitations.
ਕੋਟਿ ਕੋਟਿ ਕੋਟਿ ਲਖ ਧਾਵੈ ॥
kot kot kot lakh Dhaavai.
Millions, millions, tens of millions seek,
ਇਕੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੧॥
ik til taa kaa mahal na paavai. ||1||
but they cannot find even a tiny bit of His Mansion. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The home of the One is higher and wider than anything — it has no edge and no end.
Countless people search for it, and no one can measure even a corner of it.
The One is so vast that no amount of searching can measure even a corner of it.
Guru Arjan opens with the immensity of the One's darbaar (court/presence): "most lofty and exalted... no end or limitations." Millions seek and "cannot find even a tiny bit of His Mansion." It's a picture of something so vast that no one can grasp it by searching — humbling the mind that thinks it can figure everything out.
A Question to Sit With
What's something so big or wonderful that you could never fully measure it?
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