Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 176
Verse 2 of 5

To Love the One Is to Love the Breath in Everyone

ਸੁਨਹੁ ਮੀਤ ਐਸਾ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
sunhu meet aisaa paraym pi-aar.
Listen, O friend: show such love and affection to God,
ਜੀਅ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਘਟ ਘਟ ਆਧਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jee-a paraan ghat ghat aaDhaar. ||1|| rahaa-o.
the Support of the soul, the breath of life, of each and every heart. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Listen, friend: give such love and devotion to God —

the support of the soul, the very breath of every heart.

To love the One is to love the very breath of life within you and within everyone.
The deeper layer

The Pause is an invitation: "show such love and affection to God." And it names why — the One is "the Support of the soul, the breath of life, of each and every heart." To love the One is to love the very life within you and within all.

A Question to Sit With

What would it mean to love the source of life itself?

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