Sikhism·Raag Bhairao·Shabad 54
Verse 3 of 5

Nothing Slips Past

ਤਉ ਕੜੀਐ ਜੇ ਦੂਜਾ ਕਰਤਾ ॥
ta-o karhee-ai jay doojaa kartaa.
We should feel sad, if there were another Creator Lord.
ਤਉ ਕੜੀਐ ਜੇ ਅਨਿਆਇ ਕੋ ਮਰਤਾ ॥
ta-o karhee-ai jay ani-aa-ay ko martaa.
We should feel sad, if someone dies by injustice.
ਤਉ ਕੜੀਐ ਜੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਨਾਹੀ ॥
ta-o karhee-ai jay kichh jaanai naahee.
We should feel sad, if something were not known to the Lord.
ਕਿਆ ਕੜੀਐ ਜਾਂ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ਸਮਾਹੀ ॥੨॥
ki-aa karhee-ai jaaN bharpoor samaahee. ||2||
But why should we feel sad? The Lord is totally permeating everywhere. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

We would have reason to be sad if there were another Maker.

We would have reason to be sad if someone's life were ended unfairly.

We would have reason to be sad if there were something the One did not know.

But why should we be sad, when the One fills everything, all the way through?

Nothing that happens to you is unseen or uncared for.
The deeper layer

There is one Maker, who knows everything and fills everything, so nothing anyone goes through is unseen.

Ta-o karheeai jay doojaa kartaa: we would grieve if there were a second Maker. Jay ani-aa-ay ko martaa: if anyone died by injustice. Jay kichh jaanai naahee: if there were anything the One did not know. Then comes the answer, bharpoor samaahee: the One fills everything, fully present, fully aware. No one's pain is unseen.

A Question to Sit With

Does it help to know that nothing you go through goes unnoticed? Why?

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