Neti Neti - Not This Not This - The Ungraspable
ਪਾਇ ਸਕੈ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਭਾ ਹੂ ਕੋ ਨੇਤ ਹੀ ਨੇਤਹ ਬੇਦ ਬਤਾਵੈਂ ॥
pāi sakai nahī pāra prabhā hū ko neta hī netaha beda batāvain
No one can grasp the limit of Your luster! The Vedas declare, "not this not this" (neti neti)
ਖੋਜ ਥਕੇ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਖੁਜੀਆ ਸੁਰ ਹਾਰ ਪਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਾਥ ਨ ਆਵੈ ॥੭॥੨੪੯॥
khoja thake sabha hī khujīā sura hāra pare hari hātha na āvai
The searchers and demigods have become tired in their search, being defeated, Hari was not grasped
Guru Gobind Singh in his Praise of the Immortal (Akāl Ustati) within the [[Dasam Guru Granth Sahib/Dasam]] Granth
Image below from the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad (~700-600 BCE)
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