Sikhism·Dakhnee Onkaar·Shabad 111
Verse 3 of 55

Made With Ease

ਸਸੈ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਉਪਾਇਆ ਤੀਨਿ ਭਵਨ ਇਕ ਜੋਤੀ ॥
sasai sabh jag sahj upaa-i-aa teen bhavan ik jotee.
Sassa: He created the entire universe with ease; His One Light pervades the three worlds.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਚੁਣਿ ਲੈ ਮਾਣਕ ਮੋਤੀ ॥
gurmukh vasat paraapat hovai chun lai maanak motee.
Become Gurmukh, and obtain the real thing; gather the gems and pearls.
ਸਮਝੈ ਸੂਝੈ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਅੰਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਸਾਚਾ ॥
samjhai soojhai parh parh boojhai ant nirantar saachaa.
If one understands, realizes and comprehends what he reads and studies, in the end he shall realize that the True Lord dwells deep within his nucleus.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦੇਖੈ ਸਾਚੁ ਸਮਾਲੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਾਚੇ ਜਗੁ ਕਾਚਾ ॥੨॥
gurmukh daykhai saach samaalay bin saachay jag kaachaa. ||2||
The Gurmukh sees and contemplates the True Lord; without the True Lord, the world is false. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One made this whole world without strain, the way breathing comes easy — and a single Light shines through all of it.

Turn toward the Guru and you find the thing worth having — pick up the rubies and pearls.

Read and study, understand and see clearly what you read, and in the end you find the True One living deep inside you.

Turned toward the Guru, you see the True One and keep it close. Without the True One, the world is like cheap glass.

Study finds its purpose when it leads you to the True One inside you.
The deeper layer

The letter Sassa. Sahj upaa-i-aa — creation made with intuitive ease. Reading and studying (parh parh) only complete themselves in realization: ant nirantar saachaa, the True One found in the innermost core. Bin saachay jag kaachaa — without the True One, the world is kaachaa: unripe, brittle like glass.

A Question to Sit With

What have you learned that you also came to feel was true?

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