Sikhism·Aasaa Kee Vaar·Aasaa Kee Vaar, Pauri 1
Verse 41 of 85

The One That Fills the Universe Is the Life in You

ਮਃ ੨ ॥
mehlaa 2.
Second Mehl:
ਏਕ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਨੰ ਸਰਬ ਦੇਵਾ ਦੇਵ ਦੇਵਾ ਤ ਆਤਮਾ ॥
ayk krisanN sarab dayvaa dayv dayvaa ta aatmaa.
The One Lord Krishna is the Divine Lord of all; He is the Divinity of the individual soul.
ਆਤਮਾ ਬਾਸੁਦੇਵਸ੍ਯ੍ਯਿ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਜਾਣੈ ਭੇਉ ॥ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਦੇਉ ॥੪॥
aatmaa baasdayvsi-y jay ko jaanai bhay-o. naanak taa kaa daas hai so-ee niranjan day-o. ||4||
Nanak is a slave to anyone who understands this mystery of the all-pervading Lord; he himself is the Immaculate Divine Lord. ||4||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The same One shines as the life inside every single soul.

Whoever truly understands this — that the One lives in all — has found the real secret.

The same One that fills the whole universe is the very life inside you — and inside everyone.
The deeper layer

A short, deep shalok: the One is the Divine of all, the Divinity within the individual soul. The same light that fills the cosmos is the very life inside you, and inside everyone. This is the mystery the whole Vaar keeps circling: not a distant ruler up in the sky, but a presence within each being — the spark of life itself. And whoever understands this mystery — really lets it land — has found the secret the wise are humble before. To know the One lives in all is to look at every person, and yourself, completely differently: as lit from within by the same flame.

A Question to Sit With

If the same light is the life inside every person, how should we treat each other?

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