Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 294
Verse 56 of 112

To Be the One's Own Is the Deepest Belonging

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥
salok.
Shalok:
ਠਾਕ ਨ ਹੋਤੀ ਤਿਨਹੁ ਦਰਿ ਜਿਹ ਹੋਵਹੁ ਸੁਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ॥
thaak na hotee tinhu dar jih hovhu suparsan.
Those beings, with whom the Lord is thoroughly pleased, meet with no obstacles at His Door.
ਜੋ ਜਨ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਕਰੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇ ਧਨਿ ਧੰਨਿ ॥੧॥
jo jan parabh apunay karay naanak tay Dhan Dhan. ||1||
Those humble beings whom God has made His own, O Nanak, are blessed, so very blessed. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The ones the One is fully delighted with meet no locked doors, no obstacles, at the threshold of the Divine.

Nanak says: those humble hearts the One has claimed as His own are blessed — blessed, and blessed again. Being wanted by the One is the deepest belonging there is.

To be the One’s own is the deepest belonging there is — and for those the One has claimed, the door is always open.
The deeper layer

Tender belonging. Jih pooran... ridai — those with whom the One is thoroughly pleased find no obstacles at the Door: the way is simply open to them. The warmth is in jin apunay... kar aapan — "whom God has made His own" — the language of being claimed, chosen, belonging. The tripled dhan — "blessed, so very blessed" — is the emotional peak, and it belongs to humble beings. For a child wondering where they fit: to be the One’s own is the deepest belonging there is, and it is offered to the humble. Pure welcome.

A Question to Sit With

What does it feel like to belong somewhere completely, with no locked doors and no need to prove yourself?

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