Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
And here is where He is found now: wherever His lover is - there He is.
He unfolds the whole expanse of creation for the glory of His devoted ones. He is Master of both worlds; His praise belongs to Himself alone.
He plays His own games, enjoys His own delights - and remains untouched through all of it. Whom He pleases, He joins to His Name; whom He pleases, He sets playing in the play.
Past counting, past measuring, past fathoming. As You move this servant to speak - so he speaks.
Where is that first, still One now? Wherever someone loves Him.
After the long look back and the rising curtain, the last verse answers the question every reader now carries. Jah abigat bhagat tah aap — wherever the devotee of the Eternal is, He Himself is there. That is Sukhmani's whole teaching in one line. The stillness did not stay behind the curtain, in the empty time before the world. It walks around inside the play. You find it wherever love for Him breaks out, the way sunlight fills every window that opens.
Then comes a surprising reason. Jah pasrai paasaar sant partaap — He spreads out the whole creation for the glory of His sant, His loving ones. The whole universe, its stars and its moods, is scenery for a love story.
Aapeh ras bhogan nirjog — He enjoys every delight, and stays untouched. That settles the last puzzle: fully in the play, never caught by it. It is like the lotus, which grows in muddy water and stays clean. It is like the Brahm Giani, the one who truly knows the One, whom Sukhmani described before.
The last humble line seals even this hymn. Ji-o bulaavhu ti-o naanak daas bolai — as You move him to speak, so servant Nanak speaks. The play writes about the Playwright, and the Playwright tells it what to say.
If the whole universe is scenery for a love-story, what scene are you standing in right now - and who is it for?
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