Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whatever once pulled me away from You has faded and gone.
Think of golden bracelets and rings melted back into a single lump — they were always gold, and gold they remain. In just that way, everything that seemed separate was always You.
Everything, in all its shapes, is the one reality.
First, whatever pulled me away from You is gone. Then comes a picture from a jeweler's shop. alankaar mil thailee ho-ee hai — bracelets and rings are melted together into one lump. taa tay kanik vakhaanee — and we still call it kanik, gold.
The shapes were never anything but the one metal. A ring, a chain, and an earring look different. Melt them down, and it was gold all along. This is a clear picture of Ik Onkar, "there is One." The countless forms around us are all the one reality, shaped differently for a while.
Can you think of many different things that are all made of the same one material?
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