Sikhism·Raag Goojaree·Shabad 39
Verse 3 of 3

A Single Private Mercy Points to a Larger Good

ਅੰਗੀਕਾਰੁ ਕੀਓ ਮੇਰੈ ਕਰਤੈ ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਕੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
angeekaar kee-o mayrai kartai gur pooray kee vadi-aa-ee.
My Creator Lord has made me His own; such is the glorious greatness of the Perfect Guru.
ਅਬਿਚਲ ਨੀਵ ਧਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਤ ਨਿਤ ਚੜੈ ਸਵਾਈ ॥੨॥੧੫॥੨੪॥
abichal neev Dharee gur naanak nit nit charhai savaa-ee. ||2||15||24||
Guru Nanak laid the immovable foundation, which grows higher and higher each day. ||2||15||24||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My Creator has made me its own — such is the glory of the perfect teaching.

The one who first laid this unshakeable foundation, it rises higher and higher every day.

A single private mercy can be evidence of a larger, durable good — a foundation that keeps rising day by day.
The deeper layer

The close widens from the one healing to the whole lineage of the teaching. "The Guru laid the immovable foundation, which grows higher and higher each day" — the healed child is folded into a larger story of something being built that does not fall. There is confidence and gratitude together: the same grace that kept one child keeps the whole "foundation" rising. A private mercy becomes evidence of a durable, growing good that a family and a community can stand on.

A Question to Sit With

What small answered hope in your life hints at a larger good you can build on?

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