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Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 52
Verse 43 of 64

A Heart With the Good in It Is Free

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਜਿਸ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਤਿਸ ਕੀ ਮੁਠੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਜਗਤੁ ਸਭੁ ਆਇਆ ॥
jis kai ghar deebaan har hovai tis kee muthee vich jagat sabh aa-i-aa.
The whole world comes under the control of one whose home is filled with the Lord, the King.
ਤਿਸ ਕਉ ਤਲਕੀ ਕਿਸੈ ਦੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਹਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਨਿ ਸਭਿ ਆਣਿ ਪੈਰੀ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
tis ka-o talkee kisai dee naahee har deebaan sabh aan pairee paa-i-aa.
He is subject to no one else's rule, and the Lord, the King, causes everyone to fall at his feet.
ਮਾਣਸਾ ਕਿਅਹੁ ਦੀਬਾਣਹੁ ਕੋਈ ਨਸਿ ਭਜਿ ਨਿਕਲੈ ਹਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਣਹੁ ਕੋਈ ਕਿਥੈ ਜਾਇਆ ॥
maansaa ki-ahu deebaanahu ko-ee nas bhaj niklai har deebaanahu ko-ee kithai jaa-i-aa.
One may run away from the courts of other men, but where can one go to escape the Lord's Kingdom?
ਸੋ ਐਸਾ ਹਰਿ ਦੀਬਾਨੁ ਵਸਿਆ ਭਗਤਾ ਕੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਤਿਨਿ ਰਹਦੇ ਖੁਹਦੇ ਆਣਿ ਸਭਿ ਭਗਤਾ ਅਗੈ ਖਲਵਾਇਆ ॥
so aisaa har deebaan vasi-aa bhagtaa kai hirdai tin rahday khuhday aan sabh bhagtaa agai khalvaa-i-aa.
The Lord is such a King, who abides in the hearts of His devotees; He brings the others, and makes them stand before His devotees.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲੈ ਕਿਨੈ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥੧੪॥
har naavai kee vadi-aa-ee karam paraapat hovai gurmukh virlai kinai Dhi-aa-i-aa. ||14||
The glorious greatness of the Lord's Name is obtained only by His Grace; how few are the Gurmukhs who meditate on Him. ||14||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

A heart with the good living in it doesn't have to bow and scrape before anyone.

You can run from many powers, but there's no escaping the reach of goodness — and that's a comfort.

The good makes its home in loving hearts, and its greatness is a gift of grace.

A heart with the good living in it is free — it doesn't have to bow and scrape before anyone.
The deeper layer

The Pauree: one whose "home is filled with the Lord the King... is subject to no one else's rule." A heart anchored in the good is free — it doesn't have to grovel before lesser powers (the raag's dignity theme). And "the Lord is such a King who abides in the hearts of His devotees" — the true power lives inside good people, not in thrones. For a child: a heart with the good living in it is free — it doesn't have to bow and scrape before anyone.

A Question to Sit With

How does having good and courage inside help you stand tall without fear?

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