Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 246
Verse 2 of 9

What Is There to Fear When the One Is Everywhere?

ਜੋਗੀ ਕਉ ਕੈਸਾ ਡਰੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
jogee ka-o kaisaa dar ho-ay.
What fear does the Yogi have?
ਰੂਖਿ ਬਿਰਖਿ ਗ੍ਰਿਹਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
rookh birakh garihi baahar so-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The Lord is among the trees and the plants, within the household and outside as well. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

What is there for the true seeker to fear? The One is right here — in the trees, in the plants, inside the home and outside it too. There is nowhere the One is not.

What is there to fear when the One is in the trees, the home, and everywhere?
The deeper layer

The Rahao. Jogee ka-u kaisaa dar ho-ay — what fear can the seeker have? The answer is the reason: rookh birakh garihi baahar — God is in trees, plants, home, and beyond. Fear dissolves when you see there is no place the One is absent. This is the comp’s heart: fearlessness born of omnipresence.

A Question to Sit With

Where is a place you’d be surprised to be reminded the One is present?

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