Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
Everyone comes into being by the One's ordering Will; that Will reaches every single thing.
The One is true, and its whole play is true; it is the Master of all.
Guru Ram Das opens with hukam — the ordering Will by which "everyone comes," reaching "all." And a striking claim: "True is the Lord and Master, and True is His play." The world is not a lie or a mere illusion to be despised; it is the true play of a true One. This grounds the raag's householder realism — the world is worth engaging because it is the One's own real doing.
Do you tend to treat the everyday world as an obstacle or as something real and worth caring for?
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