Sikhism·Raag Jaitsree·Shabad 31
Verse 58 of 60

I See Only the One, I Hear Only the One

ਸਲੋਕ ॥
salok.
Shalok:
ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟੰਤ ਏਕੋ ਸੁਨੀਅੰਤ ਏਕੋ ਵਰਤੰਤ ਏਕੋ ਨਰਹਰਹ ॥
daristaNt ayko sunee-ant ayko vartant ayko narhareh.
I see only the One Lord; I hear only the One Lord; the One Lord is all-pervading.
ਨਾਮ ਦਾਨੁ ਜਾਚੰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਇਆਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰਹ ॥੧॥
naam daan jaachant naanak da-i-aal purakh kirpaa karah. ||1||
Nanak begs for the gift of the Naam; O Merciful Lord God, please grant Your Grace. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I see only the One; I hear only the One; the One fills everything.

Nanak begs for the gift of the Name; merciful One, please grant your grace.

'I see only the One, I hear only the One' — everything you look at and listen to *is* the One. And from that clear seeing, there's only one thing left to ask for: the One itself.
The deeper layer

The Vaar's final movement (P57-P59) returns to pure Ik Onkar — "I see only the One, I hear only the One, the One is all-pervading." This is the settled non-dual seeing the whole composition has been climbing toward: not the One among things, but the One as everything seen and heard (the brahm giani's vision). Every sight, every sound, is the One. And from this height, the seeker asks for only one thing — "the gift of the Naam" — the Name itself, which is to say, the One itself. Having seen that everything is the One, there is nothing else worth asking for.

A Question to Sit With

What would change if you could see and hear the same One good thing in everything around you?

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