Salok Sehskritee, Salok 59 — The Mosquito Pierces the Stone
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The mosquito pierces the stone. The ant crosses the swamp.
Someone who cannot walk crosses the ocean. Someone who cannot see sees light in the darkness.
All this happens to those who remember the Lord of the Universe in the Sangat. Nanak says: I take shelter in the One — Har, Har, Haray.
The impossible becomes possible for those who remember the One together.
The salok gives a string of surprises. A mosquito breaks through stone. An ant crosses a swamp. Someone who cannot walk crosses the ocean. Someone who cannot see finds light in the dark.
None of this happens by force. It happens in the Sangat, while remembering the One. The verse ends by taking shelter: saran naanak har har haray.
Think of a hard math problem that looked impossible alone. Then a friend sits beside you, and bit by bit it opens up. When a wall in front of you looks too high, do not measure it and give up. With the One, and with the Sangat, walls have a way of opening.
What is something you once thought you could never do that you can do now? What helped it become possible?
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