Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 235
Verse 3 of 4

The Foundation of Everything Is Also Beautiful

ਕਾਰਨ ਕਰਨਾ ਧਾਰਨ ਧਰਨਾ ਏਕੈ ਏਕੈ ਸੋਹਿਨਾ ॥੨॥
kaaran karnaa Dhaaran Dharnaa aikai aikai sohinaa. ||2||
You are the Creator, the Cause of causes, the Support of the earth; You are the One and only, Beauteous Lord. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

You are the Creator, the Cause of causes, the Support of the earth;

You are the One and only, Beauteous One.

The foundation of everything is also beautiful to behold.
The deeper layer

The One seen is "the Creator, the Cause of causes, the Support of the earth" — vast — and yet "the One and only, Beauteous Lord." Power and beauty together: the foundation of everything is also lovely to behold. The opened eye sees both the might and the beauty.

A Question to Sit With

Where do you see both power and beauty in the same thing?

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