Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 244
Verse 9 of 10

Two Roads Seem, but One Master Holds Both

ਰਾਹ ਦੋਵੈ ਖਸਮੁ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੁ ॥
raah dovai khasam ayko jaan.
There are two routes, but remember that their Lord and Master is only One.
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥੮॥
gur kai sabad hukam pachhaan. ||8||
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, recognize the Hukam of the Lord's Command. ||8||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

There seem to be two roads — but know that the One is the Master of both. Through the living Word I can recognize the flow of existence and how it moves.

There seem to be two roads, but one Master holds both.
The deeper layer

Life can seem to split into two roads, but one Master holds them both.

Raah dovai — two roads. These are all the different ways life can seem to pull us. Khasam ayko — yet there is one Master over both.

The shabad keeps coming back to hukam, the flow of existence. We come to recognize it through the shabad, the Guru's Word.

Think of two paths up the same hill. They look like they go different ways, but the same hill holds them both. Even the feeling that life is divided rests on one ground.

A Question to Sit With

When you feel pulled between two directions, what helps you remember they share one ground?

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