Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Many millions are devoted. Many millions do their duties and their ceremonies.
Many millions live at sacred places; many millions wander the wilderness as seekers.
Many millions listen to the old wisdom; many millions practice hard disciplines; many millions hold meditation in their souls; many millions of poets reach for Him through poetry.
Many millions meditate on His ever-new Name. Nanak says: none of them - not one - has found the Maker's limit.
Millions of people reach for the One, and none of them has found the Maker's limit.
He counts devotees and people doing ceremonies. He counts pilgrims at holy places and people who leave home for the wilderness. He counts listeners to the Vedas, the old Hindu scriptures, and people of hard discipline. He counts those in meditation, poets, and people remembering the Name.
This list says two things at once. First, a comfort: you are not alone. Reaching for the One happens all over the planet, millions deep, in every way. Second, it keeps us humble. With all those millions, and all those ways, "none can find the limits of the Creator."
One word shines in the middle: navtan, "ever new." The Name is ever new. Everything else here can go stale. Ceremonies can harden. A pilgrimage can turn into sightseeing. Poetry can turn into a show. But the Name is fresh each time it is taken, like water from a spring. And notice that poets are on the list. Reaching for the One through poetry counts too. The Guru Granth Sahib itself, a book of sung poems, is the proof.
So many people, in so many ways, are looking for the same thing. Does that make your own search feel smaller, or part of something huge?
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