Sikhism·Raag Tilang·Shabad 18
Verse 4 of 5

Find the Nectar Within, Then See It Everywhere

ਅਸਮਾਨ ਮਿ੍ਯ੍ਯਾਨੇ ਲਹੰਗ ਦਰੀਆ ਗੁਸਲ ਕਰਦਨ ਬੂਦ ॥
asmaan mi-yaanay lahang daree-aa gusal kardan bood.
Through the Tenth Gate, the stream of nectar flows; take your bath in this.
ਕਰਿ ਫਕਰੁ ਦਾਇਮ ਲਾਇ ਚਸਮੇ ਜਹ ਤਹਾ ਮਉਜੂਦੁ ॥੩॥
kar fakar daa-im laa-ay chasmay jah tahaa ma-ujood. ||3||
Serve the Lord forever; use your eyes, and see Him ever-present everywhere. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Through the Tenth Gate a stream of nectar flows — bathe in that.

Serve the One always; use your eyes, and see it ever-present, everywhere.

Find the nectar within — at the inner gate — and then your eyes open to see the One present everywhere without.
The deeper layer

The verse points inward to "the Tenth Gate" (dasam duaar), the traditional image of the inner opening beyond the body's nine, where "the stream of nectar flows." The real bathing-place — the pilgrimage, the purification — is within. And the instruction pairs inner and outer sight: "use your eyes, and see Him ever-present everywhere." Having found the One within (the nectar-stream), you then see it without, in everything. Inner realization opens outer vision.

A Question to Sit With

What inner 'bathing' might open your eyes to see the good present everywhere around you?

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