Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Sukhmani Sahib 35

Ashtapadi 14 continues: One who has the Lord God in his mind and heart all the time is comfortable like a Saint. He who has God’s grace, he is like a servant of the God, of whom can he have any fear? He has come to know that God is same as He appears to him and He is the one who is accomplished and self contained. By searching, searching and searching ultimately the mortal have found Him and the whole reality is revealed to him by the grace of the Lord. O Nanak when I look at Him, I found Him to be the root cause of everything, He is in the minute and He is in the huge (pad 5).

Nothing is born and nothing dies. This is all a big play that He has created. Coming and going from this world, visible and invisible and the entire world is under His command. He is all by Himself and He is in everything. He uses all his powers to produce and then destroy and Himself is imperishable, nothing of Him is fragile. He Himself is the support of this world. Lords glory is in-apprehensible and inscrutable. O Nanak, He Himself makes man remember Him (pad 6).

Ones who have learned (truth about Him) have earned prestige and glory. They can thus give instructions to the whole world and the world is saved by these slaves of the Lord. By associating with these slaves of the Lord all distress gets dissolved. The merciful Master unites them with Himself. By uttering His glory they become grateful. The mortal comes to the service of these servants because He has His Grace on the fortunate ones. They who utter His name come to rest and peace, O Nanak they are the noble people (pad 7).

He (The slave of the Lord) has God abiding in his heart and he does everything according to the Lord’s command and whatever happens he let it happen naturally because he has recognized Him to be the Creator. Whatever god Will or does is sweet to him. The Lord starts appearing in His true form to Him. He knows that he originates from Him(Lord). He is the treasure of peace and this honour has been given by Lord himself. Nanak knows that Lord and slave are one (the slave has become one life with the Lord). (pad 8).