Sikhism·Raag Prabhaatee·Raag Parbhaatee, Shabad 64
Verse 4 of 5

One Flow, No Outsiders

ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਏਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਣੀ ॥
gur kai sabad ayhu man raataa dubiDhaa sahj samaanee.
This mind is imbued with the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and duality is easily overcome.
ਸਭੋ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਹੈ ਆਪੇ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਸਮਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥੩॥
sabho hukam hukam hai aapay nirbha-o samat beechaaree. ||3||
He Himself is the Commander; all are under His Command. The Fearless Lord looks on all alike. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

This mind is dyed in the Guru's Word, and the feeling of being split in two gently melts away.

Everything moves in the flow of existence, and the One is that flow itself. The fearless One looks on everyone alike.

When you see one great flow moving through everything, you stop dividing the world into insiders and outsiders.
The deeper layer

When your mind soaks up the Guru's Word, the split inside heals, and everyone looks equal.

This answers the wandering mind of the verse before. Gur kai sabad ayhu man raataa means "this mind is dyed in the Guru's Word." Then dubiDhaa sahj samaanee. DubiDhaa means "two-ness," the feeling of being divided, which is where the selfish "me first" voice grows. Sahj means ease, a natural calm. So the split melts away easily.

Sabho hukam hukam hai aapay means "all is under the Command, and the One is the Command." Hukam is the order and flow of life. Nirbha-o samat beechaaree means "the Fearless One looks on everyone equally." Samat means evenly, the same.

Think of sunshine on a playground. It doesn't pick favorites. It warms every kid the same. No one is above, no one is beneath, and no one is left outside. If there is only one flow, every wall we put up between people is made up. That is oneness lived out as fairness.

A Question to Sit With

Who is someone you find hard to see as equal — and what might change if you tried?

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