Sikhism·Raag Jaitsree·Shabad 31
Verse 54 of 60

One Turned Life Lifts a Whole Family

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਜਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਏ ਦਇਆਲ ਨ ਬਿਆਪੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
jaa parabh bha-ay da-i-aal na bi-aapai maa-i-aa.
When God becomes merciful, Maya does not cling.
ਕੋਟਿ ਅਘਾ ਗਏ ਨਾਸ ਹਰਿ ਇਕੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥
kot aghaa ga-ay naas har ik Dhi-aa-i-aa.
Millions of sins are eliminated, by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the One Lord.
ਨਿਰਮਲ ਭਏ ਸਰੀਰ ਜਨ ਧੂਰੀ ਨਾਇਆ ॥
nirmal bha-ay sareer jan Dhooree naa-i-aa.
The body is made immaculate and pure, bathing in the dust of the feet of the Lord's humble servants.
ਮਨ ਤਨ ਭਏ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਪੂਰਨ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
man tan bha-ay santokh pooran parabh paa-i-aa.
The mind and body become contented, finding the Perfect Lord God.
ਤਰੇ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਸੰਗਿ ਲੋਗ ਕੁਲ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥੧੮॥
taray kutamb sang log kul sabaa-i-aa. ||18||
One is saved, along with his family, and all his ancestors. ||18||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When the One becomes merciful, illusion does not cling.

Millions of wrongs are wiped out by holding the One's Name in mind.

The body is made pure, bathing in the dust of the feet of the One's servants.

Mind and body grow content, finding the perfect One.

One is saved, along with his family and all his ancestors.

When grace comes, illusion stops sticking, the mind grows deeply content — and it doesn't stop with you. One life truly turned toward the One lifts a whole family, past and future. Goodness ripples outward through time.
The deeper layer

The Pauree completes the rescue-movement and widens it. When grace comes, "Maya does not cling" (the non-adhering of Shabad 18 — troubles slide off). Wrongs are wiped, the mind grows content (tript, satisfied — the deep contentment the whole Vaar has aimed at). And the reach extends outward: "one is saved, along with his family, and all his ancestors." One life turned truly toward the One lifts a whole lineage, backward and forward (as in Shabad 6, Gauree's 21 generations). Salvation is not sealed in the individual; it ripples through the family, through time. Your own turning warms more people than yourself.

A Question to Sit With

How might one person's genuine change affect their whole family — even relatives they never meet?

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