Sikhism·Raag Tilang·Shabad 10
Verse 2 of 4

Creation Isn't Made and Abandoned but Continually Cherished

ਜਿਨਿ ਉਪਾਈ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਸੋਈ ਕਰਦਾ ਸਾਰ ॥
jin upaa-ee maydnee so-ee kardaa saar.
The One who created the world, takes care of it.
ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਮਾਲਕੁ ਦਿਲਾ ਕਾ ਸਚਾ ਪਰਵਦਗਾਰੁ ॥੨॥
ghat ghat maalak dilaa kaa sachaa parvardagaar. ||2||
In each and every heart and mind, the Lord is the True Cherisher. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One who made the world also takes care of it.

In every single heart and mind, the One is the true Cherisher.

Creation isn't made and abandoned — the One cherishes it continually, tending each heart from within, none left out.
The deeper layer

This one says: the One didn't make the world and walk away.

Jin upaa-ee maydnee so-ee kardaa saar — the One who made the world takes care of it. Think of a gardener. Planting the seed is only the start. Every day there is watering, weeding and checking the leaves.

And the care reaches everyone. Ghat ghat — in every single heart. No one is left outside it. The One is the parvardagaar, a Persian word for the One who raises us and looks after us.

The One is right here, caring for each heart from the inside. You are not one of many forgotten things. You are cherished, just as you are, together with everyone.

A Question to Sit With

Does it change how you feel to imagine yourself continually cherished, not made and then forgotten?

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