Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 27
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A Deep Order Lets Even Tiger and Goat Stand Side by Side

ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
mayray man har har Dhi-aa-ay sukh paa-i-aa.
My mind meditates on the Lord, Har, Har, and finds peace.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਹੈ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਮੀਠਾ ਲਾਇਆ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har har naam niDhaan hai pi-aaraa gur poorai meethaa laa-i-aa. rahaa-o.
The Name of the Beloved Lord, Har, Har, is a treasure; the Perfect Guru has made it seem sweet to me. ||Pause||
ਆਪੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਆਪਿ ਜਲੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਇਆ ॥
aapay Dhartee aap jal pi-aaraa aapay karay karaa-i-aa.
The Beloved Himself is the earth, and He Himself is the water; He Himself acts, and causes others to act.
ਆਪੇ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਜਲੁ ਮਾਟੀ ਬੰਧਿ ਰਖਾਇਆ ॥
aapay hukam varatdaa pi-aaraa jal maatee banDh rakhaa-i-aa.
The Beloved Himself issues His Commands, and keeps the water and the land bound down.
ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਭਉ ਪਾਇਦਾ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਬੰਨਿ ਬਕਰੀ ਸੀਹੁ ਹਢਾਇਆ ॥੨॥
aapay hee bha-o paa-idaa pi-aaraa bann bakree seehu hadhaa-i-aa. ||2||
The Beloved Himself instills the Fear of God; He binds the tiger and the goat together. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My mind rests on the One and finds peace — the Name is a treasure the true teaching made sweet to me.

The Beloved is the earth and the water both, doing everything and moving everything.

By a deep, awe-filled order it holds land and sea in place — and can even let the tiger and the goat stand side by side.

A deep, awe-filled order holds the whole world in place — even letting tiger and goat stand side by side.
The deeper layer

The Rahau — mayray man har har dhi-aa-ay sukh paa-i-aa — is Sorath itself: rest on the One, find peace. The word bhai/bhau here is not terror but awe — the reverent order that structures reality (the project consistently reads bhai as wonder, not fear). Bann bakree seehu — binding goat and tiger together — is the peaceable-kingdom image: the same deep order that keeps land and sea in place can reconcile even natural enemies.

A Question to Sit With

What keeps very different things living together peacefully?

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