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Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 144
Verse 69 of 69

As He Makes Us Dance, We Dance

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਆਪੇ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖਦਾ ਆਪੇ ਸਭੁ ਸਚਾ ॥
aapay kar kar vaykh-daa aapay sabh sachaa.
He Himself creates the creation, and gazes upon it; He Himself is totally True.
ਜੋ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਬੂਝੈ ਖਸਮ ਕਾ ਸੋਈ ਨਰੁ ਕਚਾ ॥
jo hukam na boojhai khasam kaa so-ee nar kachaa.
One who does not understand the Hukam, the Command of his Lord and Master, is false.
ਜਿਤੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਦਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਚਾ ॥
jit bhaavai tit laa-idaa gurmukh har sachaa.
By the Pleasure of His Will, the True Lord joins the Gurmukh to Himself.
ਸਭਨਾ ਕਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਰਚਾ ॥
sabhnaa kaa saahib ayk hai gur sabdee rachaa.
He is the One Lord and Master of all; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we are blended with Him.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਸਭਿ ਤਿਸ ਦੇ ਜਚਾ ॥
gurmukh sadaa salaahee-ai sabh tis day jachaa.
The Gurmukhs praise Him forever; all are beggars of Him.
ਜਿਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪਿ ਨਚਾਇਦਾ ਤਿਵ ਹੀ ਕੋ ਨਚਾ ॥੨੨॥੧॥ ਸੁਧੁ ॥
ji-o naanak aap nachaa-idaa tiv hee ko nachaa. ||22||1|| suDh.
O Nanak, as He Himself makes us dance, we dance. ||22||1|| Sudh||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One creates all this, watches over it with love, and is wholly True.

By the One's sweet will, the one who faces the Guru is joined to the One, and through the Guru's Word we are blended into the One.

There is one Master of everyone, and we are all quietly asking at that same door. Nanak says: as the One moves us, we dance.

We are all asking at one door, and moved by one hand, we dance.
The deeper layer

The closing Pauree (||22||1|| Sudh) of the Vaar. The One creates, sustains, and unites the Gurmukh with the One. 'As He Himself makes us dance, we dance': a joyful surrender, all beings 'beggars of Him', moved by one loving hand. 'Sudh' marks the Vaar as complete and correct.

A Question to Sit With

What does it feel like to move with the music instead of against it?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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