Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji

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ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਦੁਤੀਆ ਨਾਸਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਮਾ ਅਨੇਕ ਹੋਇ ਕੈਸੇ ਬਨਿ ਆਵਈ ।
pooran braham samasar duteea naasat pratimaa anek hoe kaise ban aavee |

When the perfect Lord manifests Himself totally in all and there is none like Him, then how can his myriad forms be made and installed in the temples?

ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਦੇਖੈ ਸੁਨੈ ਬੋਲੈ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਮਾ ਮੈ ਕਾਹੇ ਨ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਿ ਹੁਇ ਦਿਖਾਵਈ ।
ghatt ghatt pooran braham dekhai sunai bolai pratimaa mai kaahe na pragatt hue dikhaavee |

When He Himself pervades in all, He Himself listens, speaks and sees, then why is He not seen speaking, listening and seeing in the idols of the temples?

ਘਰ ਘਰ ਘਰਨਿ ਅਨੇਕ ਏਕ ਰੂਪ ਹੁਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਮਾ ਸਕਲ ਦੇਵ ਸਥਲ ਹੁਇ ਨ ਸੁਹਾਵਈ ।
ghar ghar gharan anek ek roop hute pratimaa sakal dev sathal hue na suhaavee |

Every house has utensils of many form but made from the same material. Like that material, the light effulgent of the Lord exists in all. But why is that radiance not seen in its full grandeur in the idols installed in various temples?

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਾਵਧਾਨ ਸੋਈ ਏਕ ਜੋਤਿ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਜੁਗਲ ਹੁਇ ਪੁਜਾਵਈ ।੪੬੨।
satigur pooran braham saavadhaan soee ek jot moorat jugal hue pujaavee |462|

True Guru is the embodiment of the complete and perfect Lord, the light is one that exists both in Absolute and Transcendental form. The same Effulgent Lord is getting Himself worshipped in the form of True Guru. (462)