Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My One fills every single place, brimming over everywhere. And yet — by the Guru's grace — I found Him right inside the home of my own heart. So I serve Him always and hold Him in my awareness with one undivided mind, and facing the light, I melt into the True One.
This verse says the One who fills every place is found in the closest place of all: our own heart.
This whole shabad circles one word: ghar, home. Here it means the home inside us, the heart. The first verse sets up a happy surprise. First, how big the One is: mayraa parabh bharpoor rahi-aa sabh thaa-ee — my Lord is bharpoor, full to the brim, in every place. The One fills the whole universe.
And yet: gur parsaadee ghar hee meh paa-ee — by the Guru's grace, I found Him right in my own home. Hold those two lines together. The One who fills every place was found in the nearest place of all, inside you. That is a big comfort. We don't have to travel to the far edges of space to find the One who fills space. The One who is everywhere is also right here. Think of the sun. It lights the whole sky, and it also warms your own face when you step outside. You meet it right where you are.
The finding comes gur parsaadee, by grace. The One was always at home in us. We just could not see Him. Grace, through the Guru, opens our eyes to what was always here. Then the response: sadaa sarayvee ik man Dhi-aa-ee — I serve Him always, and remember Him with ik man, one whole mind. Not a scattered, half-busy mind, but all our attention gathered in one place. The rest of the shabad explores this inner home: what is hidden in it, what darkens it, and what treasure it holds. But the first verse already tells the secret. The One we might chase across the world is sitting, by grace, in our own heart, waiting to be found.
What might it mean that the One who is "everywhere" is most truly found in the closest place of all — inside you?
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