Sikhism·Raag Malaar·Shabad 56
Verse 3 of 3

Hidden In Every Heart

ਗਿਰਿ ਤਰ ਥਲ ਜਲ ਭਵਨ ਭਰਪੁਰਿ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਲਾਲਨ ਛਾਵਨੀ ਨੀਕੀ ॥
gir tar thal jal bhavan bharpur ghat ghat laalan chhaavnee neekee.
Throughout the mountains, trees, deserts, oceans and galaxies, permeating each and every heart, the sublime grandeur of my Love is totally pervading.
ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਰਾਮਈਆ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਭਾਵਨੀ ਨੀਕੀ ॥੨॥੩॥੨੫॥
saaDhsang raam-ee-aa ras paa-i-o naanak jaa kai bhaavnee neekee. ||2||3||25||
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Love of the Lord is found; O Nanak, sublime is that faith. ||2||3||25||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Mountains, trees, deserts, oceans and whole worlds are full of my dear Love's beauty, and it spreads into each and every heart.

In the Sangat, I have tasted the sweetness of the One who is everywhere. Nanak says: lovely is the trust of the one who feels this.

What you are looking for is hidden in every heart, including your own.
The deeper layer

The Beloved fills the whole world and lives in every heart, and in the Sangat you taste that love.

Gir tar thal jal bhavan bharpur means mountains, trees, deserts, oceans and worlds are all filled. Ghat ghat laalan chhaavnee neekee: the dear Beloved spreads into each and every heart. Ghat means heart, and saying it twice means every single one. The One is nearer than we think, living inside everything. That is the plain meaning of Ik Onkar, the One Creator.

Saadhsang raam-ee-aa ras paa-i-o: in the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One — I tasted the love of the One who is everywhere. Naanak jaa kai bhaavnee neekee: Nanak says lovely is the heart that trusts like this. Bhaavnee means the heart's leaning, a warm trust. Think of a sunflower. It doesn't argue about the sun. It just turns toward it.

A Question to Sit With

Where is a surprising place you have noticed something beautiful hiding?

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