Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 99
Verse 1 of 5

The One Too Deep to Grasp Lives in Your Mind

ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
ga-orhee mehlaa 5.
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
ਅਗਮ ਰੂਪ ਕਾ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਥਾਨਾ ॥
agam roop kaa man meh thaanaa.
The Lord of Unfathomable Form has His Place in the mind.
ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਕਿਨੈ ਵਿਰਲੈ ਜਾਨਾ ॥੧॥
gur parsaad kinai virlai jaanaa. ||1||
By Guru's Grace, a rare few come to understand this. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One, whose form is too deep to fully grasp, has a home inside the mind itself. Only a rare few, opened by grace, come to know this.

The One who is too deep to fully grasp has a home inside your own mind — and stillness is how you notice.
The deeper layer

The One, who is too deep for us to fully understand, has a home right inside your mind.

Agam roop kaa man meh thaanaa — the One of agam roop, a form too deep to grasp, has a thaanaa, a home, man meh, in the mind. It is a bold and tender idea: the boundless One lives within you.

Gur parsaad kinai virlai jaanaa — by the Guru's grace, only a rare few know this. That is not because the One hides from most people. It is because it takes a quiet mind, opened by grace, to notice what has been there all along. Think of the stars. They are in the sky all day, but you only see them when it gets dark and still.

The treasure is inside, and the door to it is stillness.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever discovered that something you were searching for was quietly inside you all along?

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