Sikhism·Raag Kaanraa·Shabad 70
Verse 9 of 45

The Maker In Every Color

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਤੂੰ ਥਾਨ ਥਨੰਤਰਿ ਭਰਪੂਰੁ ਹਹਿ ਕਰਤੇ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਵਣੀ ॥
tooN thaan thanantar bharpoor heh kartay sabh tayree banat banaavanee.
You are pervading and permeating all places and interspaces, O Creator. You made all that has been made.
ਰੰਗ ਪਰੰਗ ਸਿਸਟਿ ਸਭ ਸਾਜੀ ਬਹੁ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਭਾਂਤਿ ਉਪਾਵਣੀ ॥
rang parang sisat sabh saajee baho baho biDh bhaaNt upaavanee.
You created the entire universe, with all its colors and shades; in so many ways and means and forms You formed it.
ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਜੋਤੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਵਰਤਹਿ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਤੁਧੈ ਲਾਵਣੀ ॥
sabh tayree jot jotee vich varteh gurmatee tuDhai laavnee.
O Lord of Light, Your Light is infused within all; You link us to the Guru's Teachings.
ਜਿਨ ਹੋਹਿ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਤਿਨ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਹਿ ਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਮਝਾਵਣੀ ॥
jin hohi da-i-aal tin satgur mayleh mukh gurmukh har samjhaavanee.
They alone meet the True Guru, unto whom You are Merciful; O Lord, You instruct them in the Guru's Word.
ਸਭਿ ਬੋਲਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਰਮੋ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮ ਰਮੋ ਜਿਤੁ ਦਾਲਦੁ ਦੁਖ ਭੁਖ ਸਭ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਵਣੀ ॥੩॥
sabh bolhu raam ramo saree raam ramo jit daalad dukh bhukh sabh leh jaavnee. ||3||
Let everyone chant the Name of the Lord, chant the Name of the Great Lord; all poverty, pain and hunger shall be taken away. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

You fill every place and every space between places, Maker; all of this is Your making.

You built the whole world in its endless colors and shades, in more ways and forms than anyone could count.

Your light shines inside every light; You set us on the path of the Guru's teaching.

Those You are kind to, You bring to the True Guru, and You help them understand through the Guru's Word.

Let everyone say it aloud: Raam, Raam, the great Raam! Saying it, all want, pain and hunger are carried away.

One Maker fills every space and shines in every light.
The deeper layer

One Maker fills every place and every space between places, and shines as the light in every light.

Thaan thanantar bharpoor: filling every place and every gap between places, the way air fills a whole house. Rang parang: all the colors and shades of the world, every one made by the same Maker.

Sabh tayree jot jotee vich varteh: Your light shines inside every light. This picture comes back again and again in this Vaar. The distance we feel between ourselves and the One is smaller than it seems. Raam is one of the names for the One here, sung out together by everyone.

A Question to Sit With

How many different colors and shapes can you find that all came from the same source?

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