Sikhism·Siree Raag·Ashtapadee 3
Verse 3 of 9

You Yourself Are the Flawless Diamond

ਆਪੇ ਹੀਰਾ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਆਪੇ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਜੀਠ ॥
aapay heeraa nirmalaa aapay rang majeeth.
You Yourself are the flawless diamond; You Yourself are the deep crimson color.
ਆਪੇ ਮੋਤੀ ਊਜਲੋ ਆਪੇ ਭਗਤ ਬਸੀਠੁ ॥
aapay motee oojlo aapay bhagat baseeth.
You Yourself are the perfect pearl; You Yourself are the devotee and the priest.
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਲਾਹਣਾ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਡੀਠੁ ਅਡੀਠੁ ॥੨॥
gur kai sabad salaahnaa ghat ghat deeth adeeth. ||2||
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, You are praised. In each and every heart, the Unseen is seen. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

You Yourself are the flawless diamond. You Yourself are the deep crimson color.

You Yourself are the perfect pearl. You Yourself are the devotee and the priest.

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, You are praised. In each and every heart, the Unseen is seen.

The Unseen is seen in each and every heart — the divine is visible everywhere for those who know how to look.
The deeper layer

The cascade of divine self-identity: diamond, deep crimson, perfect pearl, devotee, priest. The divine is not just the object of devotion; the divine IS the devotee AND the priest. The one who worships and the one who officiates worship — both are expressions of the divine.

'In each and every heart, the Unseen is seen' — ghat ghat dekhiai soi — the Unseen divine is seen within every heart by those with the vision to see it. Every human being, every creature, is a place where the divine is visible — if you know how to look.

A Question to Sit With

When you look at people — strangers on the street, family at dinner — what do you see? What would change if you tried to see the divine in each of them?

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