Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 9
Verse 5 of 5

The One Fills Every Place and the Space Between

ਈਭੈ ਬੀਠਲੁ ਊਭੈ ਬੀਠਲੁ ਬੀਠਲ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਨਹੀ ॥
eebhai beethal oobhai beethal beethal bin sansaar nahee.
The Lord is here, the Lord is there; without the Lord, there is no world at all.
ਥਾਨ ਥਨੰਤਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਪ੍ਰਣਵੈ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਤੂੰ ਸਰਬ ਮਹੀ ॥੪॥੨॥
thaan thanantar naamaa paranvai poor rahi-o tooN sarab mahee. ||4||2||
Prays Naam Dayv, O Lord, You are totally permeating and pervading all places and interspaces. ||4||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One is here, the One is there — without it, there would be no world at all.

Naam Dayv prays: You fill every place and every space in between, completely.

The One fills every place and every space between, so completely there's nowhere it isn't — the whole world is already full of it.
The deeper layer

The One fills every place and every space in between.

This is where Naam Dayv's three tries were leading. Eebhai beethal oobhai beethal — the One is here, the One is there. Beethal bin sansaar nahee — without the One there is no world at all.

He could not find a gift that was not already the One. That is because the One fills everything, everywhere. Nothing is left over, and there is no gap.

So the gift that matters is not bringing the One something separate. It is noticing that everything already is the One, and being glad about it. Think of the air around you. You never have to go looking for it; it is already in every corner of the room. In the same way, the water, the flower, the milk, and all the space between are full of the One. The whole world already belongs to the One.

A Question to Sit With

If the One fills every single place, is there anywhere at all you could go and be without it?

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