Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only the One; nothing else even comes close.
Nanak says, the One is my mother, my father, my brother, the giver of peace, the very breath of my life.
There is only the One, and the One is every kind of love we need.
Aykas bin naahee ko doojaa — without the One, there is no other at all. Nothing else even comes close.
Then the verse gathers all our dearest people into the One: mother, father, brother or sister. The One is also the giver of peace and the very breath of life. This is the "One" from the Guru Granth Sahib's first verse, made warm and close. Think of a hug that feels like home. The One is not far away, but is every kind of love a heart could need.
Which people feel like family to you, even if they were not born into it?
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