ਪਉੜੀ ੧੩

paurree 13

ਲਖ ਲਖ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੇ ਵੇਦ ਪੜ੍ਹਿ ਇਕਸ ਅਖਰ ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਤਾ ।

lakh lakh brahame ved parrh ikas akhar bhed na jaataa |

Even after reading lakhs of Vedas, Brahma did not understand syllable (paramatama)

ਜੋਗ ਧਿਆਨ ਮਹੇਸ ਲਖ ਰੂਪ ਨ ਰੇਖ ਨ ਭੇਖੁ ਪਛਾਤਾ ।

jog dhiaan mahes lakh roop na rekh na bhekh pachhaataa |

Siva meditates through lakhs of methods (postures) but still could not recognise the form, hue and guise (of the Lord).

ਲਖ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਅਕਾਰ ਕਰਿ ਤਿਲੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ਨ ਬਿਸਨ ਪਛਾਤਾ ।

lakh avataar akaar kar til veechaar na bisan pachhaataa |

Visnu incarnated himself through lakhs of creatures but he could not recognise even a bit of that Lord.

ਲਖ ਲਖ ਨਉਤਨ ਨਾਉ ਲੈ ਲਖ ਲਖ ਸੇਖ ਵਿਸੇਖ ਨ ਤਾਤਾ ।

lakh lakh nautan naau lai lakh lakh sekh visekh na taataa |

Sesanag (the mythical snake) recited and remembered many a new name of the Lord but still could not know much about Him.

ਚਿਰੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਬਹੁ ਹੰਢਣੇ ਦਰਸਨ ਪੰਥ ਨ ਸਬਦੁ ਸਿਞਾਤਾ ।

chir jeevan bahu handtane darasan panth na sabad siyaataa |

Many long-lived persons experienced life variously, but they all and many a philosopher could not understand Sabda, the Brahma.

ਦਾਤਿ ਲੁਭਾਇ ਵਿਸਾਰਨਿ ਦਾਤਾ ।੧੩।

daat lubhaae visaaran daataa |13|

All got engrossed in the gifts of that Lord and that bestower has been forgotten.