Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 199
Verse 3 of 5

The Path Has Carried Multitudes, Not a Rare Few

ਜੇਤੇ ਖੰਡ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ਉਧਾਰੇ ਤਿੰਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਖੇ ॥
jaytay khand barahmand uDhaaray tinH khay.
As many as are the continents of the world, so many have been saved.
ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਮਨਿ ਵੁਠਾ ਆਪਿ ਪੂਰੇ ਭਗਤ ਸੇ ॥੨॥
jinH man vuthaa aap pooray bhagat say. ||2||
Those, in whose minds You Yourself dwell, O Lord, are the perfect devotees. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

As many as are the continents of the world, so many have been saved.

Those in whose minds You Yourself dwell, O Lord, are the perfect devotees.

The path has carried multitudes across every land — it is not for a rare few.
The deeper layer

Salvation is wide: "as many as are the continents of the world, so many have been saved." The path is not for a rare few but has carried multitudes across every land. And the "perfect devotees" are simply those "in whose minds You Yourself dwell" — the One indwelling makes the devotee perfect.

A Question to Sit With

Does it encourage you that countless ordinary people have walked this way before?

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