Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 35
Verse 2 of 6

Without the Lord, I Have No Other

ਮੇਰੇ ਰਾਮ ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
mayray raam mai har bin avar na ko-ay.
O my Lord! Without the Lord, I have no other at all.
ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਨਿਰਮਲਾ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
satgur sach parabh nirmalaa sabad milaavaa ho-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The True Guru leads us to meet the Immaculate True God through the Word of His Shabad. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

O my Lord — without you, I have no other at all. Nothing and no one else reaches what you reach.

The True Teacher leads us to meet the Immaculate True God through the Word of the teaching.

The path is clear: the teacher leads; the teaching is the vehicle; the destination is the one you were always looking for.

Without the One, nothing else truly reaches what needs to be reached.
The deeper layer

The rahao is a statement of complete reliance: bin tere naahee koee — without You, there is no other at all. This is the posture of the fully surrendered soul — not because there is nothing else in the world, but because nothing else reaches the depth that this reaches.

The Guru as intermediary (lag Guroo milaaee) — the Guru leads to the divine, rather than being worshipped as the divine. This distinction is crucial in Gurmat: the Guru is the guide, not the destination.

A Question to Sit With

Is there something in your life that functions as a 'no other' for you — something you couldn't imagine living without? What does it provide that nothing else can?

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