Sikhism·Raag Saarang·Shabad 50
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Every Being Belongs, Every One Is Carried

ਸਾਰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
saarag mehlaa 5.
Saarang, Fifth Mehl:
ਮੋਹਨ ਸਭਿ ਜੀਅ ਤੇਰੇ ਤੂ ਤਾਰਹਿ ॥
mohan sabh jee-a tayray too taareh.
O my Enticing Lord, all beings are Yours - You save them.
ਛੁਟਹਿ ਸੰਘਾਰ ਨਿਮਖ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਕੋਟਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ਉਧਾਰਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
chhuteh sanghaar nimakh kirpaa tay kot barahmand uDhaareh. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Even a tiny bit of Your Mercy ends all cruelty and tyranny. You save and redeem millions of universes. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

O Enchanting One, every living being is Yours, and You carry them all across.

In one instant of Your kindness, cruelty ends, and You lift up millions of worlds.

The same kindness that holds you holds every living thing in every world.
The deeper layer

Mohan means the one who enchants — the beauty at the heart of things. The promise is vast: kot barahmand, millions of universes, all carried by the same mercy. Cruelty ends by nimakh kirpaa, a single instant of grace. No being is left out.

A Question to Sit With

What does it change for you to imagine that every single creature belongs and is being cared for?

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