Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 137
Verse 1 of 16

All Creation Remembers

ਮਾਰੂ ਸੋਲਹੇ ਮਹਲਾ ੫
maaroo solhay mehlaa 5
Maaroo, Solahas, Fifth Mehl:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਸਿਮਰੈ ਧਰਤੀ ਅਰੁ ਆਕਾਸਾ ॥
simrai Dhartee ar aakaasaa.
The earth and the Akaashic ethers meditate in remembrance.
ਸਿਮਰਹਿ ਚੰਦ ਸੂਰਜ ਗੁਣਤਾਸਾ ॥
simrahi chand sooraj guntaasaa.
The moon and the sun meditate in remembrance on You, O treasure of virtue.
ਪਉਣ ਪਾਣੀ ਬੈਸੰਤਰ ਸਿਮਰਹਿ ਸਿਮਰੈ ਸਗਲ ਉਪਾਰਜਨਾ ॥੧॥
pa-un paanee baisantar simrahi simrai sagal upaarjanaa. ||1||
Air, water and fire meditate in remembrance. All creation meditates in remembrance. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.

The earth and the wide sky hold You in mind.

The moon and the sun turn toward You, treasure of all that is good.

The wind, the water, the fire — every part of the world remembers You, quietly, all the time.

The whole world — earth, sky, sun, wind, water — quietly turns toward the One.
The deeper layer

This opens a great litany of remembrance. The earth and the ethers, the moon and the sun (the One is gun-taas, the treasure of virtue), the wind, water, and fire — the whole cosmos turns toward the One in simran, loving remembrance. The world's constant turning-toward is the image here.

A Question to Sit With

When you go outside, what part of the world feels like it is pointing at something bigger?

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