Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Lord is said to be the Greatest of the Great. His Kingdom is the Highest of the High.
He has no color or mark. His Value cannot be estimated.
Please show Mercy to Nanak, God, and bless him with Your True Name.
This closing verse says the One is greater than anything we can describe, and then simply asks for the gift of the Name.
Bahuto bahut vakhaanee-ai oocho oochaa thaa-o — the One is called the Greatest of the great, and His place is the Highest of the high.
Varnaa chihnaa baahraa — He has no varan, no color, and no chihn, no mark. You cannot draw a picture of the One or give Him a single look. Keemat kahi na sakaa-o — His worth cannot be told. It cannot be priced or compared to anything.
Think of trying to put the whole sky into a photo. You can take a lovely picture of a sunset. But the photo is not the sky. The sky is always bigger than anything you can hold in your hands.
Naanak ka-o parabh ma-i-aa kar sach dayvhu apunaa naa-o — God, please be kind to Nanak and give him Your True Name. Even after all this teaching, the Guru stays humble. He is still asking, still seeking, still wanting the Name.
How do you imagine the divine — what form or quality do you most naturally reach for? Does the teaching that the divine has no form or color challenge or expand that image?
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