Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 103
Verse 7 of 7

Grace Makes Real What Pride Left Hollow

ਸਭਿ ਰੂਪ ਸਭਿ ਸੁਖ ਬਨੇ ਸੁਹਾਗਨਿ ॥
sabh roop sabh sukh banay suhaagan.
All graces and all comforts shall come to you, as the happy soul-bride;
ਅਤਿ ਸੁੰਦਰਿ ਬਿਚਖਨਿ ਤੂੰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੧੨॥
at sundar bichkhan tooN. ||1|| rahaa-o doojaa. ||12||
you shall be supremely beautiful and wise. ||1||Second Pause||12||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Every grace and every comfort will come to you. You will be the happy bride.

You will be truly beautiful and truly wise.

The beauty and wisdom that were hollow as pride become real once grace transforms you within.
The deeper layer

This is the second "pause" line, a second center for the shabad. It finishes the great turn-around.

Set free by grace, the soul becomes suhaagan, the happy bride, joined with her Beloved. Sabh roop sabh sukh — all beauty and all comfort are hers. Now she is at sundar bichkhan — truly beautiful and wise, for real.

Listen to the words. In the first pause, "beautiful" and "clever" were the gifts that trapped her in pride. Here the very same words bless her. The beauty that pride left empty has become real as a gift of grace. It is like a medal you made for yourself next to one you are given. They look the same, but only one of them means anything.

A Question to Sit With

How can the very same quality be empty in one person and genuine in another?

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