Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have not found any other as great as You.
You pervade the continents, the worlds, and the nether regions — all places and interspaces.
O Nanak — You are the True Support of Your devotees.
Tujh-u baraab-ar-i avar na ko-ee — I have not found (na ko-ee — no one) equal to You (tujh-u baraab-ar-i — equal, comparable, of the same measure). The search completed: the soul who has "thoroughly tested and seen all" (Pauri12) arrives at the conclusion of the testing. No comparison. No peer. The divine is the only one of its kind.
Dheep-u loaa, niv pat-aalaa, jal-i thal-i mahee-ai Aap toon-ai — You pervade the continents (dheep-u), the worlds (loaa), the nether regions (niv pat-aalaa — the lower worlds, the underworlds); in water (jal-i), on land (thal-i), everywhere (mahee-ai) — it is You (Aap toon-ai). The same cosmic sweep as Shabad 127 Pauri0: everywhere, in every region, You are present. The testing confirmed: there is nothing that is not You.
Nanak daas-aa kaa daas-u, sach haar-i-aa Aad-hi — Nanak is the servant (daas-u) of the servants (daas-aa kaa) of the True One; O True One, You are the Support (haar-i-aa Aad-hi — the anchor, the base support, the primordial support). Daas kaa daas — the servant of servants: the most humble formulation of the soul's relationship. Not Guru, not even devotee, but servant of the servants — the last in the hierarchy of service. And from that position, the declaration: You are the True Support.
What is the thing you rely on most completely — the support that, if it failed, would shake everything else? Is that the same as what you place at the center of your spiritual life?
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