Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 56
Verse 4 of 4

The Whole Journey Is Really a Coming Home

ਗੋਸਟਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਣਿ ਉਧਰੇ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
gosat gi-aan naam sun uDhray jin jin darsan paa-i-aa.
They are saved, who receive the Blessed Vision of His Darshan; they listen to the spiritual dialogue of the Naam.
ਭਇਓ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਅਨਦ ਸੇਤੀ ਘਰਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੪॥੧੩॥੨੪॥
bha-i-o kirpaal naanak parabh apunaa anad saytee ghar aa-i-aa. ||4||13||24||
Nanak's God has become Merciful to him; he has arrived home in ecstasy. ||4||13||24||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Those who truly see the One, and take in the talk of the Name, are lifted and carried through.

The One turned kind to me — and I came home, all the way home, in pure joy.

The whole journey is really a way of coming home.
The deeper layer

The whole journey turns out to be a coming home.

Jin jin darsan paa-i-aa — whoever receives the darsan, the loving sight of the One, is udhray, lifted and carried across. They also hear gosat gi-aan naam, the wise talk about the Name.

Then the shabad ends on its warmest words. Anad saytee ghar aa-i-aa — I came home in joy.

In these shabads, ghar, home, is not just a building. It is a feeling. It is the calm of a mind that has stopped wandering. Think of the moment you walk through your own front door after a long trip, drop your bag, and breathe out. The whole journey was from restless to that.

A Question to Sit With

What does "home" mean to you when it is not about a building?

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