Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 60
Verse 5 of 5

Such Is My Husband Lord, Who Shall I Ask?

ਸੇ ਸਹੀਆ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
say sahee-aa sohaaganee jin ka-o nadar karay-i.
Those upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace become His happy soul-brides.
ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਣਹਿ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਆਗੈ ਦੇਇ ॥
khasam pachhaaneh aapnaa tan man aagai day-ay.
One who recognizes her Lord and Master places her body and mind in offering before Him.
ਘਰਿ ਵਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਆਪਣਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
ghar var paa-i-aa aapnaa ha-umai door karay-i.
Within her own home, she finds her Husband Lord; her egotism is dispelled.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋਭਾਵੰਤੀਆ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥੪॥੨੮॥੬੧॥
naanak sobhaavantee-aa sohaaganee an-din bhagat karay-i. ||4||28||61||
O Nanak, the happy soul-brides are embellished and exalted; night and day they are absorbed in devotional worship. ||4||28||61||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Such is my Husband Lord — pervading everywhere, infinite — whom shall I ask about Him?

He Himself is the One who unites us with Himself — through His own Grace, through the Guru.

O Nanak, the Gurmukh is adorned with the Naam. Forever, forever, she is in bliss.

The One she was asking about is already in every heart — the question and the answer were never far apart.
The deeper layer

The resolution of the soul-bride's seeking: the question "whom shall I ask?" finds its answer in the recognition that He is ghat ghat (in each and every heart) — the asking and the answer are within the same space.

The Husband unites the soul-bride with Himself — again, the divine takes the initiative in the reunion. Nadar (grace) and Guru (guide) are the two instruments of this initiative. The result: the Gurmukh adorned with the Naam, forever in bliss.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever discovered that the answer to a question you'd been asking was already within you — that you knew it but hadn't yet recognized that you knew it? What helped you see it?

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