Avtar Vani verse 26
Sanjeev Powari
GUNA DA TERE MUL NAHIN ANMULLA AE BHANDAR TERA!
ANMULLAE NE GRAHAK TERE ANMULLA BAYAPAR TERA!!
TERI KIMAT SACAHE SAHIBA KAUN BHALLA KOI KEH SAKDA AE!
LAKH LUKMAN ARSTU HOBAN BHED NA TERA LAH SAKDAYE!!
LAKHA LEKH LIKHAE NE TERE GRANTHA VED KURANA NE!
SIFT KARAN LAYI ZOR LAGAYE LAKHAN HI VIDBANA NE!!
BARHMA VISHNU INDER SAARE SIFT TERI PAYE KARDE NE!
TIRATH DAAN DAYA TAP SANJAM TERE DAR DE BARDE NE!
BOOND NIMANI JE KAR CHAHE NAHIN SAROVER BHAR SAKDI!
SAARI DUNIYAN BI JE CHAHE SIFT NAHIN TERI KAR SAKDI!!
BE ANT HAI SAHIB MERA SIFT KOI KI KAR SAKDA AE!
KAHE AVTAR MILE JE SADHU CHIN BICH KHALI BHAR SAKDA AE!!
THOU FORMLESS ONE 25
(TRANSLATION IN PROSE BY REV. AMRIK SINGH JI)
O' GOD, INVALUABLE ARE THY QUALITIES, AND SO IS THEIR TREASURE HOUSE;
THY CLIENTS (SEEKERS) ARE GREAT AND SO IS THY TRADE.
O' TRUE LORD, WHO ON EARTH CAN TELL THY VALUE AND WORTH?
THERE MAY BE MILLIONS OF LUKMANS (DOCTORS) AND ARISTOTLES (PHILOSOPHERS), THEY CANNOT KNOW THY DIVINE SECRET.
HOLY SCRIPTURES HAVE DESCRIBED THEE IN MILLION WAYS;
MILLIONS OF SCHOLARS HAVE TRIED THEIR BEST TO SING THY PRAISE.
BRAHMA, VISHNU AND INDRA, ALL ADORE THEE;
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES LIKE PILGRIMAGES, CHARITIES AND PENANCE HAVE NO VALUE AT THY DOOR.
JUST AS A HUMBLE DROP CANNOT FILL THE TANK;
THE WHOLE WORLD, EVEN IF IT SO DESIRES, CANNOT SING THY PRAISE.
MY LORD IS GREATEST OF THE GREAT, NONE CAN DESCRIBE HIS GLORY;
AVTAR SAYS, IF ONE MEETS THE TRUE MASTER, HIS EMPTY BOWL CAN BE FILLED IN A TRICE.
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