Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 132
Verse 2 of 17

Light Shining Everywhere

ਹਰਖਵੰਤ ਆਨੰਤ ਦਇਆਲਾ ॥
harakhvant aanant da-i-aalaa.
He is joyful, blissful and merciful.
ਪ੍ਰਗਟਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਰਬ ਉਜਾਲਾ ॥
pargat rahi-o parabh sarab ujaalaa.
God's Light is manifest everywhere.
ਰੂਪ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਆਪਿ ਪੂਜਾ ਹੇ ॥੨॥
roop karay kar vaykhai vigsai aapay hee aap poojaa hay. ||2||
He creates forms, and gazing upon them, He enjoys them; He Himself worships Himself. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One is joyful, blissful, and endlessly kind.

That light shines out plainly, everywhere I look. The One shapes all these forms, watches them with delight, and cherishes its own presence living inside each one.

The One shapes everything, then delights in what it made.
The deeper layer

harakhvant aanant daiaalaa — joyful, blissful, merciful. sarab ujaalaa — the One's light manifest everywhere. aapay hee aap poojaa — the One cherishes its own presence within all forms: immanence, the divine delighting in what it has made.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever made something and felt delight just looking at it?

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