Verse 2 of 4

To Love the One Is to See One Light in Everyone

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਗਾਇਆ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੇ ਊਤਮ ਜਨ ਪਰਧਾਨ ਜੀਉ ॥

har har jas gaa-i-aa param pad paa-i-aa tay ootam jan parDhaan jee-o.

Those who sing the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, obtain the supreme status; they are the most exalted and acclaimed people.

ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਹਮ ਚਰਣ ਸਰੇਵਹ ਖਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਪਗ ਧੋਵਹ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਮੀਠ ਲਗਾਨ ਜੀਉ ॥

tin^H ham charan sarayveh khin khin pag Dhovah jin har meeth lagaan jee-o.

I bow at their feet; each and every moment, I wash the feet of those, unto whom the Lord seems sweet.

ਹਰਿ ਮੀਠਾ ਲਾਇਆ ਪਰਮ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਇਆ ਮੁਖਿ ਭਾਗਾ ਰਤੀ ਚਾਰੇ ॥

har meethaa laa-i-aa param sukh paa-i-aa mukh bhaagaa ratee chaaray.

The Lord seems sweet to them, and they obtain the supreme status; their faces are radiant and beautiful with good fortune.

ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਗਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਹਾਰੁ ਉਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਕੰਠਿ ਧਾਰੇ ॥

gurmat har gaa-i-aa har haar ur paa-i-aa har naamaa kanth Dhaaray.

Under Guru's Instruction, they sing the Lord's Name, and wear the garland of the Lord's Name around their necks; they keep the Lord's Name in their throats.

ਸਭ ਏਕ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਸਮਤੁ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖੈ ਸਭੁ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਨ ਜੀਉ ॥

sabh ayk darisat samat kar daykhai sabh aatam raam pachhaan jee-o.

They look upon all with equality, and recognize the Supreme Soul, the Lord, pervading among all.

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਗਾਇਆ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੇ ਊਤਮ ਜਨ ਪਰਧਾਨ ਜੀਉ ॥੨॥

har har jas gaa-i-aa param pad paa-i-aa tay ootam jan parDhaan jee-o. ||2||

Those who sing the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, obtain the supreme status; they are the most exalted and acclaimed people. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I bow at the feet of people who truly love the One — I'd gladly do the humblest thing for them.

They see everyone as equal, and recognize the same light living inside every single person.

To truly love the One is to see the same light in everyone — and treat all people as equal.

The deeper layer

The verse honors the lovers of the One — their faces radiant with good fortune — and models deep humility toward them: I wash their feet each moment. But its greatest line is about how they see: sabh sam drisat — they look upon all with equality, recognizing the Supreme Soul pervading among all. This is the moral heart of the whole raag made practical: to truly love the One is to see the same light in everyone, and so to treat all people as equal. Reverence for the One and equality among people are not two teachings — they are the same teaching.

A Question to Sit With

How would you treat people differently if you really saw the same light in each of them?

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