Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 107
Verse 3 of 5

The One Is Your Strength, Friend, and Advisor at Once

ਹਰਿ ਮੇਰੀ ਓਟ ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਤਾਣੁ ॥
har mayree ot mai har kaa taan.
The Lord is my Support; the Lord is my Power.
ਹਰਿ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਖਾ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ॥੨॥
har mayraa sakhaa man maahi deebaan. ||2||
The Lord is my Friend; He is my mind's advisor. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One is my support; the One is my strength.

The One is my friend; the One is the advisor of my mind.

The One can be your strength, your friend, and your wise advisor, all at once.
The deeper layer

A litany of roles the One fills: support, strength, friend, advisor. The soul needs no other props because the One is all of them at once. This is total reliance, not on many things, but on the single One who is everything a person needs.

A Question to Sit With

What do you usually rely on many different things for, that one steady source might provide?

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