Sikhism·Raag Bhairao·Shabad 119
Verse 4 of 9

Winds And Oceans Are His Servants

ਪਵਨ ਕੋਟਿ ਚਉਬਾਰੇ ਫਿਰਹਿ ॥
pavan kot cha-ubaaray fireh.
Millions of winds blow around Him in the four directions.
ਬਾਸਕ ਕੋਟਿ ਸੇਜ ਬਿਸਥਰਹਿ ॥
baasak kot sayj bisathrahi.
Millions of serpents prepare His bed.
ਸਮੁੰਦ ਕੋਟਿ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਪਾਨੀਹਾਰ ॥
samund kot jaa kay paaneehaar.
Millions of oceans are His water-carriers.
ਰੋਮਾਵਲਿ ਕੋਟਿ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਭਾਰ ॥੩॥
romaaval kot athaarah bhaar. ||3||
The eighteen million loads of vegetation are His Hair. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Millions of winds blow around the One in all four directions.

Millions of great serpents make the One's bed.

Millions of oceans carry the One's water.

All the plants of the earth, eighteen great loads of them, are the hair on the One's body.

The whole living world can be seen as the body of one great Being.
The deeper layer

All of nature is part of the One's household.

"pavan kot cha-ubaaray fireh" — millions of winds move around the One in all four directions. Baasak is the great serpent of the old stories. Millions of them spread out the One's bed. Millions of oceans carry the One's water.

"romaaval kot athaarah bhaar" — the athaarah bhaar, or "eighteen loads," means all the plants on earth. They are like the hair on the One's body. Think of every forest on the planet as fine hair on one giant, living body. The whole living world belongs to the One and shows the One.

A Question to Sit With

If the whole earth were one living body, what part would you be?

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