ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਜਾਤਾ ॥
gur mil naanak thaakur jaataa.
Meeting the Guru, O Nanak, I know my Lord and Master.
ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਮਹੀਅਲਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਬਿਧਾਤਾ ॥੪॥੩॥੯॥
jal thal mahee-al pooran biDhaataa. ||4||3||9||
The Perfect Architect of Destiny is pervading and permeating the water, the land and the sky. ||4||3||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When I met the teacher, I finally came to know the One for myself.
And there it was — the perfect Shaper of everything, filling the water, the land, and the sky all along.
The One we look for in objects was filling everything all along.
The luminous close: gur mil naanak thaakur jaataa — the One is known, not just believed. jal thal mahee-al pooran biDhaataa — the very One we looked for in a stone was pervading water, land, and sky the whole time. The shabad ends not in warning but in seeing: the sacred was everywhere, waiting to be recognized.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you feel the presence of something bigger than yourself — outdoors, with people, in quiet?
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