Sikhism·Raag Tukhaari·Shabad 5
Verse 2 of 4

Filling the Whole Universe

ਭਰਿਪੁਰਿ ਧਾਰਿ ਰਹੇ ਅਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥
bharipur Dhaar rahay at pi-aaray.
My Dear Beloved is enshrined throughout the Universe.
ਸਬਦੇ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਰੂਪਿ ਮੁਰਾਰੇ ॥
sabday rav rahi-aa gur roop muraaray.
The Shabad is pervading, through the Guru, the Embodiment of the Lord.
ਗੁਰ ਰੂਪ ਮੁਰਾਰੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਧਾਰੇ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
gur roop muraaray taribhavan Dhaaray taa kaa ant na paa-i-aa.
The Guru, the Embodiment of the Lord, is enshrined throughout the three worlds; His limits cannot be found.
ਰੰਗੀ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਜੰਤ ਉਪਾਏ ਨਿਤ ਦੇਵੈ ਚੜੈ ਸਵਾਇਆ ॥
rangee jinsee jant upaa-ay nit dayvai charhai savaa-i-aa.
He created the beings of various colors and kinds; His Blessings increase day by day.
ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਆਪੇ ਥਾਪਿ ਉਥਾਪੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋ ਹੋਵੈ ॥
aprampar aapay thaap uthaapay tis bhaavai so hovai.
The Infinite Lord Himself establishes and disestablishes; whatever pleases Him, happens.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹੀਰਾ ਹੀਰੈ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਗੁਣ ਕੈ ਹਾਰਿ ਪਰੋਵੈ ॥੨॥
naanak heeraa heerai bayDhi-aa gun kai haar parovai. ||2||
O Nanak, the diamond of the mind is pierced through by the diamond of spiritual wisdom. The garland of virtue is strung. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My Beloved fills the whole universe, holding everything up.

The Word rings through it all, and the teaching is the very face of the One.

No edge, no end — the One reaches through every world. All the countless beings, in every color and kind, come from that One, whose giving only grows, day after day.

When the diamond of a clear mind meets the diamond of real wisdom, something clicks into place — and I string my days like beads of goodness on a thread.

The One fills every world and every being, and gives more each day.
The deeper layer

The One fills every world and holds it up; the Word rings through all of it. “Establishes and disestablishes” is the flow of existence. The two diamonds — a clear mind and real wisdom — meeting is recognition clicking into place.

A Question to Sit With

Where do you notice something wonderful “holding everything up” around you?

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