Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 139
Verse 4 of 8

No Real Letting-Go While Two-ness Remains

ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਬੈਰਾਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਵੀ ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਦੂਜੀ ਰਾਈ ॥
dubiDhaa vich bairaag na hovee jab lag doojee raa-ee.
There is no renunciation in duality, as long as there is even a particle of duality.
ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਤੂ ਏਕੋ ਦਾਤਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਈ ॥
sabh jag tayraa too ayko daataa avar na doojaa bhaa-ee.
The whole world is Yours, Lord; You alone are the Giver. There is not any other, O Siblings of Destiny.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਜੰਤ ਦੁਖਿ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦੇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
manmukh jant dukh sadaa nivaasee gurmukh day vadi-aa-ee.
The self-willed manmukh dwells in misery forever, while the Lord bestows greatness upon the Gurmukh.
ਅਪਰ ਅਪਾਰ ਅਗੰਮ ਅਗੋਚਰ ਕਹਣੈ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥੪॥
apar apaar agamm agochar kahnai keem na paa-ee. ||4||
God is infinite, endless, inaccessible and unfathomable; His worth cannot be described. ||4||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

As long as I am still split, half here, half chasing something else, I have not really let go at all.

The whole world is Yours, and everything good comes from You alone; there is no other giver anywhere.

When I face away from You I stay tangled and low; when I turn toward You, You lift me up. And how vast You are, endless, beyond every measure I could name.

You cannot half let-go; wholeness means the whole heart turned one way.
The deeper layer

dubiDhaa vich bairaag na hovee — no renunciation while duality remains, even doojee raa-ee, a mustard-seed of two-ness. sabh jag tayraa, too ayko daataa — the world is Yours, You the sole Giver: non-dual ground. manmukh (self-facing) versus gurmukh (teaching-facing) rendered gently as facing-away versus turning-toward. apar apaar agamm agochar — the boundless One, unreachable by thought.

A Question to Sit With

What does it feel like when part of you wants one thing and part wants another?

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