Sikhism·Raag Kaydaaraa·Shabad 6
Verse 2 of 2

The Shade That Covers Everyone

ਸਰਬ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਹਿ ਸਗਲ ਸਮਾਲਹਿ ਸਗਲਿਆ ਤੇਰੀ ਛਾਉ ॥
sarab paratpaalahi sagal samaaleh sagli-aa tayree chhaa-o.
You cherish and nurture all; You take care of all, and Your shade covers all.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਪੁਰਖ ਬਿਧਾਤੇ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਤੁਝਹਿ ਦਿਖਾਉ ॥੨॥੨॥੪॥
naanak kay parabh purakh biDhaatay ghat ghat tujheh dikhaa-o. ||2||2||4||
You are the Primal Creator, the God of Nanak; I behold You in each and every heart. ||2||2||4||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

You care for every single being — feeding, holding, watching over us all.

Your shade falls over everyone alike, like a great tree that shelters whoever sits beneath it.

You are the Maker of everything. And when I look closely, I can see You shining inside every heart — mine, and everyone else's too.

The same One shines quietly inside every heart, so no one is left outside the shade.
The deeper layer

The One cares for everyone and can be seen in every heart.

Sarab paratpaalahi sagal samaaleh: You cherish and look after all. Sagli-aa tayree chhaa-o: Your shade covers everyone. Think of a big tree in a park on a hot day. Its shade does not choose who may sit under it. Everyone who comes is cooled. The One's shelter is like that, given with no one left out.

The last line is ghat ghat tujheh dikhaa-o: I see You in each and every heart. This is Ik Onkar, "the One is in all," sounding clearly. One reality shines in every being. So when we truly see other people, we are seeing the One. This belongs to everyone equally.

A Question to Sit With

Can you look at someone very different from you and imagine the same light inside them?

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