Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 84
Verse 4 of 9

Held in a Larger Gaze

ਤੂੰ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖਹਿ ਆਪਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਸੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
tooN kar kar vaykheh aap deh so paa-ee-ai.
You created the Creation, and You Yourself gaze upon it; whatever You give, is received.
ਤੂ ਦੇਖਹਿ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪਿ ਦਰਿ ਬੀਨਾਈਐ ॥੩॥
too daykheh thaap uthaap dar beenaa-ee-ai. ||3||
You watch, establish and disestablish; You keep all in Your vision at Your Door. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One made everything and watches over all of it, and whatever comes to me is part of that giving.

Things rise and things pass, and none of it falls outside that caring attention. Nothing I go through is unseen.

Everything rises and passes inside a gaze that never stops caring.
The deeper layer

This one means nothing we go through is outside the One's caring eyes.

The first line says the One made everything and watches over it. aap deh so paa-ee-ai — whatever the One gives, that is what we receive.

The second line says the One sets things up and takes them down. Thaap uthaap means setting up and taking down. dar beenaa-ee-ai — all of it stays in view at the One's door.

Think of a parent at the park. The children run, fall, get up and play again. The parent's eyes follow every one of them. That is a small picture of this line. Nothing happens outside that watching care.

A Question to Sit With

Does it help to know someone sees what you are going through? Why?

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