ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੬
raag dayvganDhaaree mehlaa 5 ghar 6
Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree, Fifth Mehl, Sixth House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਏਕੈ ਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਏਕੈ ਜਾਨ ॥
aykai ray har aykai jaan.
Know that there is One and only One Lord.
ਏਕੈ ਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਾਨ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
aykai ray gurmukh jaan. ||1|| rahaa-o.
O Gurmukh, know that He is One. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Know that there is one — only one.
Facing the teaching, know that it is One.
'Know that there is one — only one' is the whole teaching in a seed: a single reality behind all appearances.
This Sixth House shabad opens with the raag's most concentrated statement of Ik — oneness: "Know that there is One and only One Lord." Everything in the raag flows from this. Not one god among options, not one to be chosen over others, but only one — the single reality behind all appearances. To know this, truly, is the whole teaching in a seed.
A Question to Sit With
What would change if you truly knew, not just believed, that there is one reality behind everything?
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