Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 139
Verse 7 of 8

Your Endless Play — My Body and Soul Are Yours

ਇਕਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ਇਕਿ ਭਗਤੀ ਰਾਤੇ ਤੇਰਾ ਖੇਲੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
ik bharam bhulaa-ay ik bhagtee raatay tayraa khayl apaaraa.
Some are deluded by doubt, while others are imbued with devotional worship; Your play is infinite and endless.
ਜਿਤੁ ਤੁਧੁ ਲਾਏ ਤੇਹਾ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੂ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਵਣਹਾਰਾ ॥
jit tuDh laa-ay tayhaa fal paa-i-aa too hukam chalaavanhaaraa.
As You engage them, they receive the fruits of their rewards; You alone are the One who issues Your Commands.
ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰੀ ਜੇ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਅਪਣਾ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਤੁਮਾਰਾ ॥
sayvaa karee jay kichh hovai apnaa jee-o pind tumaaraa.
I would serve You, if anything were my own; my soul and body are Yours.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕੀਨੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥੭॥
satgur mili-ai kirpaa keenee amrit naam aDhaaraa. ||7||
One who meets with the True Guru, by His Grace, takes the Support of the Ambrosial Naam. ||7||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Some hearts wander in confusion, some are lit up with love, and all of it is part of Your vast, playful unfolding.

I would love to give You something of 'mine,' but when I look, even my body and my breath are already Yours.

So all I can really do is lean on the sweet Name as my support, and let grace do the rest.

Even the 'you' that wants to give is already a gift, so lean on grace.
The deeper layer

ik bhram bhulaa-ay ik bhagtee raatay, tayraa khayl apaaraa — some in doubt, some in devotion; Your endless play. jit tuDh laa-ay tayhaa fal — as You yoke them, so the fruit; too hukam chalaavanhaaraa — You are the wielder of Hukam. sayvaa karee jay kichh hovai apnaa, jee-o pind tumaaraa — I would serve if anything were mine, but soul and body are Yours: the dissolving of the separate doer. amrit naam aDhaaraa — the Name as support.

A Question to Sit With

What is something you call 'mine' that was really given to you?

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