Sikhism·Raag Gond·Shabad 5
Verse 3 of 5

One Light Poured Into Everything

ਹਰਿ ਪਰਪੰਚੁ ਕੀਆ ਸਭੁ ਕਰਤੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਧਰਈਐ ॥
har parpanch kee-aa sabh kartai vich aapay aapnee jot Dhara-ee-ai.
The Creator created the entire universe, and infused His Light into it.
ਹਰਿ ਏਕੋ ਬੋਲੈ ਹਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਬੁਲਾਏ ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਦਿਖਈਐ ॥੨॥
har ayko bolai har ayk bulaa-ay gur poorai har ayk dikha-ee-ai. ||2||
The One Lord speaks, and the One Lord causes all to speak.The Perfect Guru has revealed the One Lord. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The Creator made this whole wide world and poured its own Light into it.

The One voice speaks through everything, and moves everything to speak — and the teaching helps me see that single One everywhere.

One Light was poured into everything, so the One can be seen everywhere.
The deeper layer

Har parpanch kee-aa — the One made the vast spread of the world — and then aapnee jot dhara-ee-ai, set its own Light inside it. So creation is not separate from its Maker. Har ayko bolai har ayk bulaa-ay is the vision of Oneness: one Light speaking through countless voices. The poorai gur (perfect Guru) is what lets us actually see it.

A Question to Sit With

Where in the world around you do you sense one life running through everything?

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