Word Of The Day: Kaee Baar

ਕਈ ਬਾਰ (kaee baar)
Meaning: adverb: Many times, countless times.

Quote:
ਕਈ ਬਾਰ ਪਸਰਿਓ ਪਾਸਾਰ॥ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਇਕੁ ਏਕੰਕਾਰ॥
kaee baar pasario paasaar. sadaa sadaa ik ekaňkaar.
The Creator has expanded (and contracted) this creation a myriad of times; only He, the One Absolute, exists forever and ever (is beyond change).
– Guru Arjan Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 276

Message: When did creation or the Universe start? Was there creation before, or is this the first time that we are here? Or has the Universe existed before? These are big questions before the science fraternity today.

With our current understanding we believe we are the only ones who wield power or the only ones who have ever been around in this Universe.

However the verse above indicates that the Creator and the created Universe or Universes have been around many times before we ever came. Gurbani reveals thus.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have.
-Emile Chartier, philosopher, 1868-1951

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Etymology: Combination of kaee (many) + baar(time, turn), from Sanskrit vaar (appointed time, one’s turn).