Sikhism·Raag Bhairao·Shabad 76
Verse 4 of 5

Enemy And Friend, The Same

ਬੈਰੀ ਮੀਤ ਹੋਏ ਸੰਮਾਨ ॥
bairee meet ho-ay sammaan.
Enemy and friend are all the same to me.
ਸਰਬ ਮਹਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਭਗਵਾਨ ॥
sarab meh pooran bhagvaan.
The Perfect Lord God is permeating all.
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਮਾਨਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
parabh kee aagi-aa maan sukh paa-i-aa.
Accepting the Will of God, I have found peace.
ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ॥੩॥
gur poorai har naam drirh-aa-i-aa. ||3||
The Perfect Guru has implanted the Name of the Lord within me. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Enemy and friend are the same to me now.

The perfect Lord fills everyone.

Accepting the One's will, the flow of existence, I have found peace.

The perfect Guru has planted the Naam of the One deep inside me.

Seeing the same One in everyone dissolves the line between friend and enemy.
The deeper layer

When you see the One in everyone, enemy and friend start to look alike.

Bairee meet ho-ay sammaan means "enemy and friend have become the same to me." Bairee is an enemy. Meet is a friend. Sarab meh pooran bhagvaan means "the One is fully present in all." That is why the line between them fades.

Think of two teams after a hard match. On the field they were rivals. In the parking lot they are just kids with the same muddy knees. This is a big, bold idea. It takes down the walls we build between people.

Prabh kee aagi-aa maan sukh paa-i-aa means "accepting the One's order, I found peace." Aagi-aa is order or will. It is the same idea as Hukam, the flow of existence. Accepting it means falling into step with that flow. Gur poorai har naam drirh-aa-i-aa: "the perfect Guru planted the Naam deep in me."

A Question to Sit With

Is there someone you think of as an enemy that you could try to see differently?

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