ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
salok mehlaa 5.
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
ਲਧਮੁ ਲਭਣਹਾਰੁ ਕਰਮੁ ਕਰੰਦੋ ਮਾ ਪਿਰੀ ॥
laDham labhanhaar karam karando maa piree.
I have found the object of my search - my Beloved took pity on me.
ਇਕੋ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਆ ਨ ਪਸੀਐ ॥੧॥
iko sirjanhaar naanak bi-aa na pasee-ai. ||1||
There is One Creator; O Nanak, I do not see any other. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I found what I was searching for — my Beloved took pity on me.
There is one Creator, Nanak says; I see no other.
To truly find the One is to stop seeing a divided world — the long search ends in the sight that there was only ever one.
A Shalok of arrival and non-dual seeing. The long search ends — "I have found the object of my search" — not by cleverness but because "my Beloved took pity on me": grace, not achievement. And the finding opens into the deepest sight: "There is One Creator... I do not see any other." To truly find the One is to stop seeing a divided world; the search ends in the vision that there was only ever one.
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