One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਖਿੰਥਾ ਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਡੰਡੈ ਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਭਸਮ ਚੜਾਈਐ ॥
jog na khinthaa jog na dandai jog na bhasam charhaa-ee-ai.
Yoga is not the patched coat, Yoga is not the walking stick. Yoga is not smearing the body with ashes.
ਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਮੁੰਦੀ ਮੂੰਡਿ ਮੁਡਾਇਐ ਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਸਿੰਙੀ ਵਾਈਐ ॥
jog na mundee moond mudaa-i-ai jog na sinyee vaa-ee-ai.
Yoga is not the ear-rings, and not the shaven head. Yoga is not the blowing of the horn.
ਅੰਜਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਿ ਰਹੀਐ ਜੋਗ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਇਵ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੧॥
anjan maahi niranjan rahee-ai jog jugat iv paa-ee-ai. ||1||
Remaining unblemished in the midst of the filth of the world - this is the way to attain Yoga. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In plain words
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
Being close to the One isn't the patched coat you wear, or the walking stick, or ashes smeared on your skin.
It isn't special earrings, or a shaved head, or a horn you blow. It is staying clear and true right in the middle of the messy, ordinary world — that is the real way.
Closeness to the One is an inner state, not an outer costume.
The deeper layer
A litany of negations that clears the ground: jog na khinthaa... jog na dandai... jog na bhasam — union is not the patched coat, the staff, the ashes, the earrings, the shaven head, the horn. The refrain lands the truth: anjan maahi niranjan rahee-ai, stay unstained in the very midst of the world.
A Question to Sit With
What is something real about a person that can't be shown just by how they look?
