Sikhism·Raag Bihaagraa·Shabad 16
Verse 61 of 64

Everything Is Held in Caring Hands

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਸਭੁ ਕਿਹੁ ਤੇਰੈ ਵਸਿ ਹੈ ਤੂ ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹੁ ॥
sabh kihu tayrai vas hai too sachaa saahu.
Everything is in Your power; You are the True King.
ਭਗਤ ਰਤੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਏਕ ਕੈ ਪੂਰਾ ਵੇਸਾਹੁ ॥
bhagat ratay rang ayk kai pooraa vaysaahu.
The devotees are imbued with the Love of the One Lord; they have perfect faith in Him.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਭੋਜਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਜਿ ਰਜਿ ਜਨ ਖਾਹੁ ॥
amrit bhojan naam har raj raj jan khaahu.
The Name of the Lord is the ambrosial food; His humble servants eat their fill.
ਸਭਿ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਪਾਈਅਨਿ ਸਿਮਰਣੁ ਸਚੁ ਲਾਹੁ ॥
sabh padaarath paa-ee-an simran sach laahu.
All treasures are obtained - meditative remembrance on the Lord is the true profit.
ਸੰਤ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਅਗਮ ਅਗਾਹੁ ॥੨੦॥
sant pi-aaray paarbarahm naanak har agam agaahu. ||20||
The Saints are very dear to the Supreme Lord God, O Nanak; the Lord is unapproachable and unfathomable. ||20||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Everything rests in the One's care — the true, gentle King of all.

Those who love the One trust it completely, with whole and steady hearts.

Remembering is like a nourishing meal they never go hungry after.

Every good thing is found there, and the good ones are so dear to the One.

Everything is held in caring hands — and a heart full of good is never left hungry.
The deeper layer

After the two hard shaloks, the Vaar returns to serene trust. "Everything is in Your power; You are the True King." The devotees have poorai bhaag — "perfect faith," whole-hearted trust. The nourishment image returns: the Name is "ambrosial food; His servants eat their fill" — a remembering heart is never left hungry. "All treasures are obtained" — everything worth having is found in that turning-toward-the-good. The One is "unapproachable and unfathomable," yet the Saints are "very dear" to it — vast and tender together, the Vaar's constant chord. For a child: everything is held in caring hands, and a heart full of good is never left hungry.

A Question to Sit With

What 'feeds' you so well on the inside that you never feel empty?

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