Sikhism·Sukhmani Sahib·Sukhmani Sahib
Verse 134 of 216

No Rescue Too Cosmic for Him, and None Too Small

ਮਿਰਤਕ ਕਉ ਜੀਵਾਲਨਹਾਰ ॥
mirtak ka-o jeevaalanhaar.
He infuses life back into the dead.
ਭੂਖੇ ਕਉ ਦੇਵਤ ਅਧਾਰ ॥
bhookhay ka-o dayvat aDhaar.
He gives food to the hungry.
ਸਰਬ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਜਾ ਕੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
sarab niDhaan jaa kee daristee maahi.
All treasures are within His Glance of Grace.
ਪੁਰਬ ਲਿਖੇ ਕਾ ਲਹਣਾ ਪਾਹਿ ॥
purab likhay kaa lahnaa paahi.
People obtain that which they are pre-ordained to receive.
ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਓਹੁ ਕਰਨੈ ਜੋਗੁ ॥
sabh kichh tis kaa oh karnai jog.
All things are His; He is the Doer of all.
ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਸਰ ਹੋਆ ਨ ਹੋਗੁ ॥
tis bin doosar ho-aa na hog.
Other than Him, there has never been any other, and there shall never be.
ਜਪਿ ਜਨ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਣੀ ॥
jap jan sadaa sadaa din rainee.
Meditate on Him forever and ever, day and night.
ਸਭ ਤੇ ਊਚ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਇਹ ਕਰਣੀ ॥
sabh tay ooch nirmal ih karnee.
This way of life is exalted and immaculate.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਿਸ ਕਉ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੀਆ ॥
kar kirpaa jis ka-o naam dee-aa.
One whom the Lord, in His Grace, blesses with His Name
ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਥੀਆ ॥੭॥
naanak so jan nirmal thee-aa. ||7||
- O Nanak, that person becomes immaculate and pure. ||7||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

He puts life back into what was dead - He feeds the ones who have nothing.

All treasures live inside one glance of His. What is written for each of us finds us.

Everything is His; He does all. There has never been another - there will never be another.

So remember Him, day and night, forever - it is the cleanest, highest way to live. And whoever He blesses with the Name becomes clean all the way through.

He revives the dead and feeds the hungry - no rescue too cosmic for Him, and none too small.
The deeper layer

The One brings the dead back to life and feeds the hungry. No rescue is too big, and none too small.

Mirtak ka-o jeevaalanhaar — the One who puts life back into the dead. This can be read in more than one way at once. It is the Creator's power over life itself. It is also something people see every day. A heart that went numb and gave up comes alive again when grace touches it. So can a hope, a marriage, or an inner life, long after everyone had given up.

Next to it: bhookhay ka-o dayvat aDhaar — the One gives food to the hungry. So the two lines cover every size of rescue. Life itself, and lunch. The One is there for both.

Sarab niDhaan jaa kee daristee maahi — all treasures are in the One's glance. Not in mines or bank vaults. In a single look.

At the center is the strongest statement of oneness. Tis bin doosar ho-aa na hog — besides the One, there has never been another, and there never will be. It was One, it is One, and it will always be One.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever seen something everyone had given up on come back to life? What touched it?

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