Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 95
Verse 2 of 5

The Devoted Servant of God Is Above the World

ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸਰਬੇ ਸਮਾਣਾ ॥
thaakur sarbay samaanaa.
Our Lord and Master is all-pervading everywhere.
ਕਿਆ ਕਹਉ ਸੁਣਉ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਤੂੰ ਵਡ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਸੁਜਾਣਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ki-aa kaha-o suna-o su-aamee tooN vad purakh sujaanaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
What should I say, and what should I hear? O my Lord and Master, You are Great, All-powerful and All-knowing. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The devoted servant of God is above the world.

Sin does not cling to them. Their actions are not defiled.

Not because they never do anything wrong — but because their orientation is the One, not the ego.

Sin does not cling to the servant of God — not because they're above moral reality, but because the ego that generates sin has been replaced by love.
The deeper layer

The rahao states the position directly: Prabh sevak upar jagat na aaai — the servant of God is above the world (not of it in a way that the world can touch). Paap na mohai — sin does not cling to them.

This is not moral immunity or license. It is the description of the orientation: the servant of God acts from the divine rather than from ego. When ego is absent, the sin-generating mechanism is absent. The actions may be ordinary; the driver of them is not.

The servant of God is described as someone in whom the good-and-bad-deeds accounting has been replaced by something prior: love, service, complete surrender.

A Question to Sit With

What motivates most of your actions — fear of consequences, desire for reward, or genuine love and care? Is that mix what you want it to be?

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