Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 149
Verse 3 of 5

Seeing All Alike

ਜਬ ਚੂਕੈ ਪੰਚ ਧਾਤੁ ਕੀ ਰਚਨਾ ਐਸੇ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਵਹਿਗੇ ॥
jab chookai panch Dhaat kee rachnaa aisay bharam chukaavhigay.
When the body, formed of the five elements, perishes, then any such doubts shall end.
ਦਰਸਨੁ ਛੋਡਿ ਭਏ ਸਮਦਰਸੀ ਏਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵਹਿਗੇ ॥੨॥
darsan chhod bha-ay samadrasee ayko naam Dhi-aavhigay. ||2||
Giving up the different schools of philosophy, I look upon all equally; I meditate only on the One Name. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

One day this body, made of earth and water and air, will return to what it came from, and the old worries dissolve with it.

I have set down the endless arguing about who is right, and I look on everyone the same, holding just the One Name in my heart.

Set down the arguing over who is right, and look on everyone the same.
The deeper layer

When doubts end, we can see everyone the same.

Panch Dhaat kee rachnaa — the body is made of five elements, like earth, water, fire, air, and sky. One day it gently goes back to where it came from. Aisay bharam chukaavhigay — and with that, the doubts fall away.

Darsan chhod bha-ay samadrasee — letting go of the different schools of thought, I see all equally. Darsan here means a school of thought. Think of a classroom where everyone argues about whose team is best. Then someone says, "We are all in the same school." The arguing stops.

Ayko naam Dhi-aavhigay — I hold only the One Name. Past all the arguing there is one Name, and one even look for everyone.

A Question to Sit With

How does it change things when you stop needing to be more right than someone else?

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