Sikhism·Raag Saarang·Shabad 168
Verse 39 of 110

When I Am Yours, All Is Mine

ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mehlaa 1.
First Mehl:
ਜਾਂ ਹਉ ਤੇਰਾ ਤਾਂ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਹਉ ਨਾਹੀ ਤੂ ਹੋਵਹਿ ॥
jaaN ha-o tayraa taaN sabh kichh mayraa ha-o naahee too hoveh.
When I am Yours, then everything is mine. When I am not, You are.
ਆਪੇ ਸਕਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਸੁਰਤਾ ਸਕਤੀ ਜਗਤੁ ਪਰੋਵਹਿ ॥
aapay saktaa aapay surtaa saktee jagat paroveh.
You Yourself are All-powerful, and You Yourself are the Intuitive Knower. The whole world is strung on the Power of Your Shakti.
ਆਪੇ ਭੇਜੇ ਆਪੇ ਸਦੇ ਰਚਨਾ ਰਚਿ ਰਚਿ ਵੇਖੈ ॥
aapay bhayjay aapay saday rachnaa rach rach vaykhai.
You Yourself send out the mortal beings, and You Yourself call them back home. Having created the creation, You behold it.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੀ ਨਾਂਈ ਸਚੁ ਪਵੈ ਧੁਰਿ ਲੇਖੈ ॥੨॥
naanak sachaa sachee naaN-ee sach pavai Dhur laykhai. ||2||
O Nanak, True is the Name of the True Lord; through Truth, one is accepted by the Primal Lord God. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When I am Yours, everything is mine. When the small separate "me" quiets down, what remains is You.

You hold all the power and all the knowing, and the whole world is threaded on Your power like beads on a string. You send each life out and call each one home, and You watch over all You have made. Nanak says the True One's Naam is true, and living by Truth is how you come home.

When you stop clutching at "mine," you discover you belong to everything.
The deeper layer

Belonging to the One makes everything yours.

Jaa ha-o tayraa taa sabh kichh mayraa — when I am Yours, all is mine. Letting go of haumai, the separate "I", opens everything up. Sakti jagat paroveh — the world is strung on the One's power, like beads on one thread. Aapay bhayjay aapay saday — the One sends each life out and calls it back home. Sach pavai dhur laykhai — a life of Truth is welcomed by the One from the very start.

A Question to Sit With

What does it feel like to belong to something bigger than yourself?

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