Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 19
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The Giver Who Fills Everything Sees Into Your Heart

ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
vad-hans mehlaa 5.
Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:
ਤੂ ਵਡ ਦਾਤਾ ਅੰਤਰਜਾਮੀ ॥
too vad daataa antarjaamee.
You are the Great Giver, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.
ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਰਵਿਆ ਪੂਰਨ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੁਆਮੀ ॥੧॥
sabh meh ravi-aa pooran parabh su-aamee. ||1||
God, the Perfect Lord and Master, is permeating and pervading in all. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

You are the great Giver, who sees into every heart.

And You fill everyone and everything, all the way through.

The great Giver who fills everything also sees right into your own heart.
The deeper layer

The One is a great Giver who fills everything and sees into every heart.

Guru Arjan begins with praise. Too vad daataa: You are the great Giver. Antarjaamee: You are the Inner-knower, the One who knows what is inside every heart.

Sabh meh ravi-aa pooran prabh su-aamee: the perfect Master fills everyone and everything. Think of the air in your home. It is in every room, all the way into every corner, and you breathe it all the time. The Giver is not only far above us. The Giver is also inside each one of us.

A Question to Sit With

What does it mean that the same One is in everyone?

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