Sikhism·Raag Saarang·Shabad 65
Verse 3 of 3

Holding the One Anchor

ਏਕ ਓਟ ਪਕਰੀ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਕੀ ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਮਤਿ ਬੁਧਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
ayk ot pakree thaakur kee gur mil mat buDh paa-ee-ai.
I have grasped the Anchor and Support of my Lord and Master; meeting with the Guru, I have found wisdom and understanding.
ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਸਗਲ ਚੁਕੀ ਮੁਹਤਾਈਐ ॥੨॥੨੬॥੪੯॥
gun niDhaan naanak parabh mili-aa sagal chukee muhtaa-ee-ai. ||2||26||49||
Nanak has met God, the Treasure of Excellence; all dependence on others is gone. ||2||26||49||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I took hold of one steady anchor — the One — and stopped being tossed around. Meeting the Guru, understanding settled into me like calm after a storm.

Nanak says: now that I have found the One, the treasure of every good quality, I no longer have to depend on this or that to feel complete. All my leaning on others has fallen away.

Hold the One as your anchor, and the need to lean on everything else lets go on its own.
The deeper layer

Ek ot is the one anchor or support; gun nidhaan means the treasure-house of all virtues. Muhtaa-ee is dependence on others for one’s sense of worth; meeting the Guru — the light that leads from dark to bright — it dissolves, not by force but because the deeper need is finally met.

A Question to Sit With

What is one thing you feel you constantly need from others — and what might it feel like to already be enough?

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