Wherever I look, there I see the True One pervading; there is no other at all.
The Arc
Where the True One is remembered, gladness fills the place and the hard waters get easier (Pauri 0). Love becomes the very food a heart lives on (1). Then the seeing opens: wherever I look, the One is spread out (2). And knowing yourself turns out to be the same as knowing the One (3).
Key Vocabulary
sach -- truth as the most real and lasting thing. bhojan bhaa-o -- food that is love. jotee jot -- light blending into Light. pasri-aa -- spread out, extended. aap pachhaaneh -- recognizing one's own self. ik rangee -- dyed in one single color.
Themes and Cross-Connections
jah daykhaa tah sach pasri-aa is Ik Onkar made a way of seeing -- one reality extended through everything. sachaa bhojan bhaa-o sachaa echoes the teaching of Truth as food, clothing, and home -- the very material of daily life. Self-knowledge and knowing the One collapse into a single act (aap pachhaaneh taa sach jaaneh).
For Raag Soohee
The fast red of Soohee appears here as ik rangee -- dyed in one color only, one steady love that no other shade can displace.
Translation Notes
The old line marai na ko-ee garabh na joonee vaasaa (Pauri 1) promises freedom from the endless cycle of rebirth; we render its comfort -- never torn from the Source, never cast into fear -- and drop the womb-imagery, which is frightening and unnecessary for young readers.
Wherever I look, there I see the True One pervading; there is no other at all.
The Arc
Where the True One is remembered, gladness fills the place and the hard waters get easier (Pauri 0). Love becomes the very food a heart lives on (1). Then the seeing opens: wherever I look, the One is spread out (2). And knowing yourself turns out to be the same as knowing the One (3).
Key Vocabulary
sach -- truth as the most real and lasting thing. bhojan bhaa-o -- food that is love. jotee jot -- light blending into Light. pasri-aa -- spread out, extended. aap pachhaaneh -- recognizing one's own self. ik rangee -- dyed in one single color.
Themes and Cross-Connections
jah daykhaa tah sach pasri-aa is Ik Onkar made a way of seeing -- one reality extended through everything. sachaa bhojan bhaa-o sachaa echoes the teaching of Truth as food, clothing, and home -- the very material of daily life. Self-knowledge and knowing the One collapse into a single act (aap pachhaaneh taa sach jaaneh).
For Raag Soohee
The fast red of Soohee appears here as ik rangee -- dyed in one color only, one steady love that no other shade can displace.
Translation Notes
The old line marai na ko-ee garabh na joonee vaasaa (Pauri 1) promises freedom from the endless cycle of rebirth; we render its comfort -- never torn from the Source, never cast into fear -- and drop the womb-imagery, which is frightening and unnecessary for young readers.