ਓੁਂ ਨਮੋ ਭਗਵੰਤ ਗੁਸਾਈ ॥
oN namo bhagvant gusaa-ee.
I humbly pray to invoke the Universal Lord God, the Lord of the World.
ਖਾਲਕੁ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਰਬ ਠਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
khaalak rav rahi-aa sarab thaa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The Creator Lord is all-pervading, everywhere. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
With deep respect, I bow to the One, the Lord of all the world.
The Creator is spread through every single place — there is nowhere it is not.
The Creator fills every place, so no tradition holds it all alone.
The Creator is present in every place: rav rahi-aa sarab thaa-ee. Wherever you stand, the One is there too.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. In one breath it joins words from two families of prayer: Om, bhagvant and gusaa-ee from Hindu devotion, khaalak (Creator) from Muslim devotion. The meeting point of both is the One present everywhere.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you feel a sense of something present everywhere around you?
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