Sikhism·Raag Bilaaval·Shabad 104
Verse 4 of 5

One Expanse, One Everywhere

ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ਏਕੈ ਅਪਰ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
aykankaar ayk paasaaraa aykai apar apaaraa.
The One Creator Lord created the expanse of the one universe; the One Lord is unlimited and infinite.
ਏਕੁ ਬਿਸਥੀਰਨੁ ਏਕੁ ਸੰਪੂਰਨੁ ਏਕੈ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥੩॥
ayk bistheeran ayk sampooran aykai paraan aDhaaraa. ||3||
The One Lord pervades the one universe; the One Lord is totally permeating everywhere; the One Lord is the Support of the breath of life. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

One alone spread out this whole universe — one, endless, without any limit.

One stretches through it all, one fills it completely, one is the support of every breath.

One reality is spread through absolutely everything.
The deeper layer

aykankaar ayk paasaaraa — the One as the sole reality and its whole expanse, a direct flowering of Ik Onkar. ayk bistheeran ayk sampooran — pervasion and completeness together.

A Question to Sit With

If everything came from one source, how might you treat the things around you?

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