Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is the one who lives and delights inside every single heart — there's no heart He isn't enjoying life through. He can't be seen with the eyes, He can't be reached by thinking, and He has no end — yet He is spread through everything. When I keep the One in my awareness through the **shabad**, the Guru's Word, I melt easily into what is real, into **sahaj**.
This verse says the One lives inside every heart, enjoying life through it, and yet is too vast to see or reach.
Guru Amar Das opens with a surprising picture. "Sabh ghat aapay bhoganhaaraa" — He is the bhoganhaaraa, the enjoyer, of all hearts. The One isn't a far-off ruler watching from above. The One lives through every being and tastes every moment from the inside. When you feel joy or wonder, when anyone anywhere enjoys anything, it's the One enjoying life through that heart. This is Ik Onkar, "there is One," up close. Not millions of separate watchers, but one One looking out through countless windows.
In the same breath, this very close One is alakh (can't be seen), agam (can't be reached by thinking) and apaar (has no far shore, no end). Hold both at once. The One is closer than your own heartbeat, and bigger than anything the mind can hold. Not far or near, but both, because there's no real distance anywhere. You can't think your way to Him. But you can't get away from Him either, because He's already looking out through your eyes. It's a bit like trying to see your own eyes without a mirror.
So how do you come to know a One too close to see and too big to think about? "Gur kai sabad mayraa har parabh Dhi-aa-ee-ai sehjay sach samaavani-aa" — remembering the Lord through the Guru's Word, I blend into the Truth with ease. Sabad (or shabad) is the Guru's Word. Sehjay means easily, naturally. You don't strain to figure it out. You let the Word tune you, the way a guitar is tuned, until you settle into what was there all along. This sets up the whole song, from the hidden One in every heart, through the battle with the mind, to seeing Him everywhere.
What would change about an ordinary happy moment if you imagined the One was quietly enjoying it right along with you, from inside you?
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