Sikhism·Raag Kaanraa·Shabad 48
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From Ant To Elephant, One Color Of Love

ਕਾਨੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
kaanrhaa mehlaa 5.
Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:
ਰੰਗਾ ਰੰਗ ਰੰਗਨ ਕੇ ਰੰਗਾ ॥
rangaa rang rangan kay rangaa.
The Playful Lord imbues all with the Color of His Love.
ਕੀਟ ਹਸਤ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਭ ਸੰਗਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
keet hasat pooran sabh sangaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
From the ant to the elephant, He is permeating and pervading all. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The Playful One colors every one of us with the color of love.

From the tiny ant to the great elephant, the One fills them all.

The same love runs through every living thing, great and small.
The deeper layer

The same love colors every living thing, from the smallest to the biggest.

This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad.

Rangaa rang rangan kay rangaa: the Playful One dyes everything in the colors of love. Picture a festival of colors, where everyone ends up splashed with the same bright powder. No one is left out.

Keet hasat pooran sabh sangaa: from the ant to the elephant, the One is present in all. The tiny ant on the kitchen counter and the huge elephant at the zoo carry the same spark.

A Question to Sit With

Where do you notice the same spark of life in creatures very different from you?

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