Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 257
Verse 10 of 10

One Oneness Moves Through Everything

ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਆਪੇ ਭਰਮਾਇਆ ॥
sabh aapay aap varatdaa aapay bharmaa-i-aa.
He Himself is All-pervading; He Himself misleads the people.
ਗੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਬੂਝੀਐ ਸਭੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੯॥੨॥੧੮॥
gur kirpaa tay boojhee-ai sabh barahm samaa-i-aa. ||9||2||18||
By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand, that God is contained in all. ||9||2||18||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

In the end, the One alone is moving through all of it. Even the confusions and the wanderings unfold within the One.

And by grace, we come to understand: everything, everywhere, is filled with that same Oneness.

Beneath all the confusion, one Oneness moves through everything — and grace lets you finally see it.
The deeper layer

Underneath all the confusion, one Oneness moves through everything, and grace helps us see it.

The closing verse gathers the whole upside-down world back into one. Sabh aapay aap varatdaa — the One alone is present in all of it. And aapay bharmaa-i-aa — the One also lets people wander in confusion. Even our wanderings happen inside the One's great flow, the Hukam.

This does not mean the One wants us to make mistakes to be mean. It means nothing falls outside the Oneness. Even our stumbling is held. Think of a kid learning to ride a bike in a big park. Every wobble and fall still happens inside the park.

Then the answer. Gur kirpaa tay boojhee-ai — by the Guru's grace, we understand. Sabh barahm samaa-i-aa — the One is inside everything. The flips fade away, and only Oneness is left.

A Question to Sit With

If even the messy, confusing parts of life are held within one Oneness, how might that comfort you?

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