Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everyone belongs to You, and You belong to everyone — You made us all.
You live inside every one of us, and everything turns toward You.
Whatever happens, happens by Your gentle will; we all move the way You move us.
So we sing about the greatest One of all, who keeps the good ones safe.
The first Pauree ("step") of the Vaar is addressed directly to the Creator, and it sounds the note the whole Vaar will hammer: sabh teree tu(n) sabhas daa — "all are Yours, and You belong to all." This is Sikhism's radical belonging: nothing and no one is outside the One. "You are pervading within all" (antar) means the same One lives in every heart, which is the root of Sikh equality — if the One is in everyone, no one is beneath anyone. "Whatever pleases the Lord happens" introduces Hukam, the flow of existence, which the Vaar returns to often. The Pauree ends in praise and reassurance: the One "preserves the honor of the Saints."
If the same spark of goodness is inside everyone, how might that change the way you treat people?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI