Everything is strung on His one string and He is in every heart; in an instant He creates and destroys yet stays unattached and attributeless — the Cause of causes, who celebrates in bliss.
The Arc
Pauri 0: behold the One, hold the Name forever. The Pause (Pauri 1): by the Saints' favor, meditate in their company. Pauri 2: everything strung on His string, He in every heart. Pauri 3: He creates and destroys in an instant, yet stays unattached and attributeless. Pauri 4: the Cause of causes, Searcher of hearts, celebrating in bliss.
Key Vocabulary
strung on His string: all creation threaded like beads on one cord (Ik Onkar)
in every heart: immanence joined to the unity of the one thread
nirgun: unattached, beyond attributes, yet active in all (cf. Shabad 30)
celebrates in bliss: the joyful ground of all being
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Everything strung on His string" is one of Gurbani's great images for Ik Onkar — unity holding all multiplicity. The verse names the One as creating and dissolving in an instant, yet remaining unattached and beyond attributes — language that can be read alongside Sikh discussions of nirgun and sargun, as at Shabad 30 and Shabad 37. The One who "celebrates in bliss" is the delighting One of Shabad 30 — the ground of being as joy.
For Raag Aasaa
Aasaa's hope rests on a One who threads every bead, fills every heart, and does it all in bliss. The mood is contemplative and glad — vast unity met with delight.
Everything is strung on His one string and He is in every heart; in an instant He creates and destroys yet stays unattached and attributeless — the Cause of causes, who celebrates in bliss.
The Arc
Pauri 0: behold the One, hold the Name forever. The Pause (Pauri 1): by the Saints' favor, meditate in their company. Pauri 2: everything strung on His string, He in every heart. Pauri 3: He creates and destroys in an instant, yet stays unattached and attributeless. Pauri 4: the Cause of causes, Searcher of hearts, celebrating in bliss.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Everything strung on His string" is one of Gurbani's great images for Ik Onkar — unity holding all multiplicity. The verse names the One as creating and dissolving in an instant, yet remaining unattached and beyond attributes — language that can be read alongside Sikh discussions of nirgun and sargun, as at Shabad 30 and Shabad 37. The One who "celebrates in bliss" is the delighting One of Shabad 30 — the ground of being as joy.
For Raag Aasaa
Aasaa's hope rests on a One who threads every bead, fills every heart, and does it all in bliss. The mood is contemplative and glad — vast unity met with delight.