Sikhism·Raag Maale Gaorhaa·Raag Maale-Gaorhaa, Shabad 3
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Sages and Seekers All Turn Toward the One

ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
maalee ga-urhaa mehlaa 4.
Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:
ਸਭਿ ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨਾ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਨੀ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇਓ ॥
sabh siDh saaDhik mun janaa man bhaavnee har Dhi-aa-i-o.
All the Siddhas, seekers and silent sages, with their minds full of love, meditate on the Lord.
ਅਪਰੰਪਰੋ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਹਰਿ ਅਲਖੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਲਖਾਇਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
aprampro paarbarahm su-aamee har alakh guroo lakhaa-i-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The Supreme Lord God, my Lord and Master, is limitless; the Guru has inspired me to know the unknowable Lord. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The wise ones, the seekers, the quiet thinkers — hearts full of love — all turn toward the One.

The One is limitless, and the teacher has opened my eyes to the One I could never figure out alone.

The wise across every path all turn, with love, toward the one Reality.
The deeper layer

Sidh saadhik muni jan — the accomplished, the seekers, the silent sages — all dhi-aavahi (meditate) with love. The One is apaar (limitless) and agam (unknowable), yet the Guru makes the unknowable lakhaaya — glimpsed. Knowing comes through relationship, not calculation.

A Question to Sit With

What do you think all the world's wise people are pointing toward?

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