Sikhism·Raag Malaar·Shabad 44
Verse 2 of 3

Everyone In The Same Boat

ਦੇਵ ਕੁਲ ਦੈਤ ਕੁਲ ਜਖ੍ਯ੍ਯ ਕਿੰਨਰ ਨਰ ਸਾਗਰ ਉਤਰੇ ਪਾਰੇ ॥
dayv kul dait kul jakh-y kinnar nar saagar utray paaray.
The families of gods, the families of demons, titans, celestial singers and human beings are carried across the ocean.
ਜੋ ਜੋ ਭਜਨੁ ਕਰੈ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗਿ ਤਾ ਕੇ ਦੂਖ ਬਿਦਾਰੇ ॥੧॥
jo jo bhajan karai saaDhoo sang taa kay dookh bidaaray. ||1||
Whoever meditates and vibrates on the Lord in the Saadh Sangat - his pains are taken away. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The families of gods and the families of demons, titans, heavenly singers and human beings, all are carried across the ocean.

Whoever remembers the One with love in the Sangat has every pain taken away.

Everyone rides in the same boat, no rank, no exceptions.
The deeper layer

Every kind of being is carried across, and whoever remembers the One in the Sangat is freed from pain.

Dayv kul dait kul: the families of gods and the families of demons. Jakh-y kinnar: titans and heavenly singers from the old stories. Nar: human beings. Every rank and kind rides the same boat. No one is ranked out of reach.

Jo jo bhajan karai saadhoo sang: whoever remembers the One in the Sangat, taa kay dookh bidaaray, has their pains torn away.

A Question to Sit With

When has it felt good to know everyone was welcome, with no one left out?

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