Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 30
Verse 3 of 5

I Do Not Turn My Face Away

ਜੈਸੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਕੀਨੀ ਠਾਕੁਰਿ ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਮੁਖੁ ਨਹੀ ਮੋਰਿਓ ॥
jaisee aagi-aa keenee thaakur tis tay mukh nahee mori-o.
I have not turned my face away from my Lord and Master's Command.
ਸਹਜੁ ਅਨੰਦੁ ਰਖਿਓ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਉਆਹੂ ਕਉ ਦਉਰਿਓ ॥੨॥
sahj anand rakhi-o garih bheetar uth u-aahoo ka-o da-ori-o. ||2||
He fills my household with celestial peace and bliss; if He asks me to leave, I leave at once. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Whatever the One asks, I do not turn my face from it.

He fills my home with easy, natural peace; and if He asks me to rise and go, I go at once.

Trusting the flow of life brings an easy, natural peace.
The deeper layer

When you trust the One, you can accept what life brings, calmly and without turning away.

Aagi-aa means an order, the will of the One. Tis tay mukh nahee mori-o — "I have not turned my face away from it." The speaker trusts whatever comes.

The One fills the home with sahj anand, easy, natural peace. And when the One says it is time to rise and go, the speaker goes at once.

Think of a child playing happily at a friend's house. When their parent comes to the door and says, "Time to go home," a trusting child does not cry or hide. They wave goodbye and take their parent's hand. They know they are going somewhere safe. This verse holds that same calm trust about life and about leaving it.

A Question to Sit With

When has going along with a change turned out better than resisting it?

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