Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 241
Verse 8 of 9

Everything Worth Having Is Gathered in the Name

ਕੀਰਤਿ ਸੂਰਤਿ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਇਕ ਨਾਈ ॥
keerat soorat mukat ik naa-ee.
Praise, beauty and liberation are in the One Name.
ਤਹੀ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ ॥
tahee niranjan rahi-aa samaa-ee.
In it, the Immaculate Lord is permeating and pervading.
ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਬਿਆਪਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਨਿਜ ਠਾਈ ॥੭॥
nij ghar bi-aap rahi-aa nij thaa-ee. ||7||
He dwells in the home of the self, and in His own sublime place. ||7||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Praise, real beauty, and freedom all live in the One Name.

There the spotless One is spread through everything, pervading all.

The One dwells in the house of the self, at home in its own true place.

Everything worth having — beauty, praise, freedom — is gathered in the one Name, at home right inside you.
The deeper layer

Keerat soorat mukat ik naaee — praise, beauty, and liberation are all found in the one Name; not scattered across many pursuits but gathered in one place. Niranjan — the spotless, untouched One — rahiaa samaaee, permeating all. And yet also nij ghar, nij thaaee — dwelling in the home of the self, in its own place: far beyond us and utterly close at once. This is ik — oneness — as both everywhere and right here.

A Question to Sit With

If the best things were all in one place, and that place was inside you, how would you look for them?

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