Japji Sahib Pauree 33
- Jan 22
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Updated: Jan 26
Japji Sahib Pauree 33
Original Gurmukhi
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਸਿਫਤੀ ਕਹਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਕਰਣੈ ਦੇਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਵੇਖਣਿ ਸੁਣਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਕਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਮੰਤੁ ॥
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਕੀਤਾ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥
ਅੰਤੁ ਕਰਣਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਬਿਲਲਾਹਿ ॥
ਤਾ ਕੇ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਪਾਏ ਜਾਹਿ ॥
ਏਹੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
ਬਹੁਤਾ ਕਹੀਐ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
ਵਡਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਊਚਾ ਥਾਉ ॥
ਊਚੈ ਉਪਰਿ ਊਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
ਏਵਡੁ ਊਚਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
ਤਿਸੁ ਊਚੇ ਕਉ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਇ ॥
ਜੇਵਡ ਆਪਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪਿ ਆਪਿ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥੩੩॥
Transliteration
Ant na sifṯī kahaṇ na anṯ.
Ant na karaṇai deṇ na anṯ.
Ant na vekẖaṇ sunaṇ na anṯ.
Ant na jāpai kiā man manṯ.
Ant na jāpai kīṯā ākār.
Ant na jāpai pārāvār.
Ant karaṇ keṯe billāhi.
ṯā ke anṯ na pāe jāhi.
Ehu anṯ na jāṇai koe.
Bahutā kahīai bahutā hoe.
Vaḏā sāhib ūcẖā thāu.
Ūcẖai upar ūcẖā nāu
.Evad ūcẖā hovai koe.
ṯis ūcẖe ka▫o jāṇai soe
.Jevad āp jāṇai āp āp.
Nānak naḏrī karmi ḏāṯ.
Straight Meaning (Sikh-accurate)
Guru Nanak teaches:
There is no end to praising the Divine, no end to the actions or the gifts given.
No end to what can be seen or heard.
No end to what the mind can think or conceive.
No end to creation itself.
No end to the farthest shores of existence.
Many cry out trying to describe these limits, but none can reach them.
No one knows the end.
The more one speaks, the more remains unsaid.
The Sovereign is vast beyond all measure.
His seat is infinitely high.
Above that height, His Name is higher still.
Only one as high as He is can know His height.
He alone knows Himself.
Nanak says:
Only by grace, through Divine generosity,
does one receive even a glimpse.
Sacred Commentary
Pauree 33 is an ocean, a hymn to the endlessness of the Divine.
Guru Nanak moves through wave after wave of negation:
Every line cracks open the same truth:
The Infinite has no perimeter.
Nanak is dismantling the human reflex
to shrink the Divine down to something comprehensible, containable, predictable.
This pauree is a spiritual thunderstorm:
every attempt to grasp the Infinite is undone,
every conceptual box shattered.
And then the poem rises:
“The more we speak, the more remains unsaid.”
Language fails.
The mind bows.
Humility becomes the gateway to awe.
The Sovereign is vast, exalted, unreachable by intellect.
Only the Divine knows the Divine.
And the closing line reveals the secret of spiritual realization:
“Only by grace, only through Divine generosity, does one receive even a glimpse.”
The Infinite cannot be earned, forced, or achieved.
It is given.
IFS Lens
Through the lens of Internal Family Systems, Pauree 33 reveals something profound:
No part in the system can grasp the entirety of Self-energy.
Each part sees only a sliver, filtered through its fears, hopes, burdens, or longing.
Protectors cannot comprehend all of Self.
Exiles cannot.
Managers cannot.
The Self-led state, calm, spacious, connected, compassionate, is itself a living mystery.
Just as Nanak says:
The more you explore, the more depth is revealed.
No part can “figure out” the whole.
True realization comes spontaneously, through internal grace, not willpower.
This pauree reassures the system:
You do not need to understand Self-energy to receive its help.
You only need openness, curiosity, and safety.
And the line“
Only the Divine knows Himself”
mirrors the IFS truth:
Only Self fully knows Self.
Parts do not need to master the mystery.
They only need to trust they are held within it.
Trauma-Informed Practice (Curiosity Only)
As you rest with this pauree, you might explore softly:
How does my system respond to the idea of endlessness?
Is there a part that feels overwhelmed by the infinite?
Is there a part that feels comforted by knowing the Divine cannot be contained?
Is there a part that tries to “figure everything out,” and might feel relief here?
What is it like to imagine that I don’t have to achieve realization, only receive it?
Let each response arise and settle naturally.
This is the practice.
Closing Reflection
Pauree 33 widens the sky of the heart.It invites you into a humility that is not smallness, but spaciousness.
You are not meant to grasp the Infinite.
You are meant to rest within it.
You are not meant to reach the edge.
You are meant to float in the vastness.
May this pauree open a quiet awe inside you.
May your parts feel safe enough to release the burden of understanding everything.
And may grace, in its soft, surprising way, offer you the glimpse that words can never hold.