Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 108
Verse 3 of 4

One Beloved in Every Heart

ਘਟਿ ਘਟੇ ਸਭਨਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਏਕੋ ਏਕੋ ਰਾਮ ਭਤਾਰੋ ਰਾਮ ॥
ghat ghatay sabhnaa vich ayko ayko raam bhataaro raam.
In each and every heart, and deep within all, is the One Lord, the Husband Lord of all.
ਇਕਨਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਦੂਰਿ ਵਸੈ ਇਕਨਾ ਮਨਿ ਆਧਾਰੋ ਰਾਮ ॥
iknaa parabh door vasai iknaa man aaDhaaro raam.
God dwells far away from some, while for others, He is the Support of the mind.
ਇਕਨਾ ਮਨ ਆਧਾਰੋ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੋ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
iknaa man aaDhaaro sirjanhaaro vadbhaagee gur paa-i-aa.
For some, the Creator Lord is the Support of the mind; He is obtained by great good fortune, through the Guru.
ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਏਕੋ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਇਆ ॥
ghat ghat har parabh ayko su-aamee gurmukh alakh lakhaa-i-aa.
The One Lord God, the Master, is in each and every heart; the Gurmukh sees the unseen.
ਸਹਜੇ ਅਨਦੁ ਹੋਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥
sehjay anad ho-aa man maani-aa naanak barahm beechaaro.
The mind is satisfied, in natural ecstasy, O Nanak, contemplating God.
ਘਟਿ ਘਟੇ ਸਭਨਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਏਕੋ ਏਕੋ ਰਾਮ ਭਤਾਰੋ ਰਾਮ ॥੩॥
ghat ghatay sabhnaa vich ayko ayko raam bhataaro raam. ||3||
In each and every heart, and deep within all, is the One Lord, the Husband Lord of all. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

In each and every heart, deep within all of us, is the one same Beloved of everyone. For some the One feels far away; for others He is the very support of the mind.

For those hearts, the Maker is their support — and by great good fortune they found the Teacher.

In every single heart is the one Master; facing the Teacher, the unseen One is glimpsed. A quiet joy rises and the mind is content, settled in the thought of the One. In each and every heart, deep within all, is the one same Beloved of everyone.

The same Beloved lives in every heart — the only difference is whether we notice.
The deeper layer

ghat ghatay sabhnaa vich ayko — the one same One in each and every heart: pure Ik Onkar, oneness as the only reality. The striking honesty: iknaa prabh door vasai iknaa man aadhaaro — to some the One feels far, to others near. The One does not move; our sense of nearness does, and the Teacher is what makes the alakh, the unseen, glimpsed. brahm beechaaro — contemplating the vast One brings sehjay anad, natural joy. Distance is a matter of noticing, not of the One's absence.

A Question to Sit With

Why might the very same thing feel far away to one person and close to another?

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