Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 298
Verse 35 of 36

Everything Comes From One Giver

ਹਾਹੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ਦਾਤਾ ਜੀਅ ਉਪਾਇ ਜਿਨਿ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਦੀਆ ॥
haahai hor na ko-ee daataa jee-a upaa-ay jin rijak dee-aa.
Haha: There is no other Giver than Him; having created the creatures, He gives them nourishment.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਵਹੁ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਲਾਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੀਆ ॥੩੪॥
har naam Dhi-aavahu har naam samaavahu an-din laahaa har naam lee-aa. ||34||
Meditate on the Lord's Name, be absorbed into the Lord's Name, and night and day, reap the Profit of the Lord's Name. ||34||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

There is no other Giver anywhere — the One made every creature and feeds them all.

Hold the Name close, melt into it, and day and night you gather the truest treasure there is.

Everything comes from one Giver — and staying close to that Source is the truest treasure you can gather.
The deeper layer

The letter Haha gathers the poem toward its close on its most repeated, most reassuring note: hor na ko-ee daat — there is no other Giver; the One who made the creatures feeds them. Everything you've received traces to one open hand. And the practice that answers that gift is simple and constant: naam japahu... naam samaavahu — hold the Name, merge into it, and night and day reap its profit. The 'profit' isn't money; it's the quiet, growing treasure of a heart that stays connected to its Source. Given freely, answered by remembering — that's the whole exchange.

A Question to Sit With

What is a 'treasure' in your life that isn't money at all?

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