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11: kwdr iprm ipAwlw

Creator's cup of love

ieku kvwau pswau kir inrMkwir Awkwru bxwieAw ]

iku kavaau pasaau kari nirankaari aakaaru banaaiaa.

With a single Word that formless Lord created the whole world.

qoil Aqolu nw qolIAY quil n qulwDwir qolwieAw ]

toli atolu n toleeai tuli n tulaadhaari tolaaiaa.

Extension of the Lord (this world) can in no way be measured.

lyK AlyKu n ilKIAY AMg n AKru lyK ilKwieAw ]

laykh alaykhu n likheeai angu n akharu laykh likhaaiaa.

By no account this world can be understood because all numerals and letters come to an end for this.

muil Amul n molIAY lK pdwrQ lvY n lwieAw ]

muli amulu n moleeai lakhu padaarad lavai n laaiaa.

Myriad kinds of its materials are invaluable; their price cannot be fixed.

boil Abol n bolIAY suix suix AwKxu AwiK suxwieAw ]

boli abolu n boleeai souni souni aakhanu aakhi sounaaiaa.

Even through speech, nothing can be said and heard about it.

Agmu AQwh AgwD boD AMqu n pwrwvwru n pwieAw ]

agamu adaahu agaadhi bodh antu n paaraavaaru n paaiaa.

This world in unapproachable, unfathomable and full of mystery; its mystique cannot be understood.

kudriq kIm n jwxIAY kyvfu kwdru ikqu Gir AwieAw ]

kudarati keem n jaaneeai kayvadu kaadaru kitu ghari aaiaa.

When it is impossible to understand the creation, how could its Creator's greatness and His residence be known?

gurmuiK suKPlu swDsMgu sbdu suriq ilv AlK lKwieAw ]

guramoukhi soukh phalu saadhasangu sabadu surati liv alakh lakhaaiaa.

The pleasure fruit of gurmukhs is the holy congregation where by merging the consciousness in the Word that invisible Lord is visualised.

iprm ipAwlw Ajru jrwieAw ]11]

piram piaalaa ajaru jaraaiaa ||11||

In the holy congregation, the unbreakable cup of love is drunk by becoming tolerant.