The One who knows you from the inside out is the same One standing beside you — so why carry worry?
The Arc
Verse 1 (P0): the Inner-knower is all-pervading; serve the One who shields you from everything.
The Rahau (P1): hold the One daily — none but the One holds your life, so why worry?
Verse 2 (P2): the One made the world and poured its own Light into it; the teaching reveals that single One everywhere.
Verse 3 (P3): the One is with you inside and out — live openly and find total peace.
Verse 4 (P4): everything rests in the One, who is always beside you and sets you free.
Key Vocabulary
antarjaamee — the Inner-knower, reader of the heart.
parpanch — the vast spread of the created world.
jot — light; the One's own light set within creation.
nihakpat — open-hearted, without deceit.
chhada-ee-ai — to be set free, released from fear.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The shabad's comfort is the flip side of being fully known: because nothing is hidden, there is nothing to hide, and honesty becomes rest rather than exposure. Its picture of one Light speaking through all voices is pure Ik Onkar — Oneness itself — and its close, that the greatest One is also the nearest, turns vastness into intimacy.
For Raag Gond
Gond's tender address carries the shabad's central reassurance — kaa-it karha-ee-ai, why worry — as a gentle question rather than a scold, fitting the raag's coaxing warmth.
Translation Notes
Death-imagery softened (P1): the literal 'no one but the One can kill or save you' is rendered as the One alone holding your life, keeping the reassurance while removing the frightening frame.
The One who knows you from the inside out is the same One standing beside you — so why carry worry?
The Arc
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The shabad's comfort is the flip side of being fully known: because nothing is hidden, there is nothing to hide, and honesty becomes rest rather than exposure. Its picture of one Light speaking through all voices is pure Ik Onkar — Oneness itself — and its close, that the greatest One is also the nearest, turns vastness into intimacy.
For Raag Gond
Gond's tender address carries the shabad's central reassurance — kaa-it karha-ee-ai, why worry — as a gentle question rather than a scold, fitting the raag's coaxing warmth.
Translation Notes
Last updated: 2026-07-09