Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 16
Verse 4 of 5

Everything Changes, but the Deepest Good Is Steady

ਸਚੁ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਤੁਮਾਰਾ ਤਖਤਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੀ ॥
sach hukam tumaaraa takhat nivaasee.
True is Your Command; You sit upon the eternal throne.
ਆਇ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥੩॥
aa-ay na jaavai mayraa parabh abhinaasee. ||3||
My eternal God does not come or go. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

What You wish holds true, and You rest on a throne that never wobbles.

You are steady and lasting — never coming, never going.

Everything around us changes, but the deepest good is steady — always there, never leaving.
The deeper layer

"True is Your Command; You sit upon the eternal throne. My eternal God does not come or go." The One is achal — unmoving, unchanging — the one steady thing amid a world that constantly shifts. For a child: everything around us changes, but the One is steady, always there, never leaving.

A Question to Sit With

What's something steady in your life that's always there, even when other things change?

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