Becoming One with the Divine
The journey's end: the drop quietly merges back into the ocean.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਲੀਨ ਭਇਓ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿਉ ਜਿਉ ਪਾਨੀ ਸੰਗਿ ਪਾਨੀ
Kaho Nanak leen bhaio gobind siau, jiau paanee sang paanee
English
Says Nanak: I have merged into God, as water blends with water.
Punjabi meaning coming soon
Common thread
All the rivers — by every name — flow home to the very same ocean.
Echo
The Upanishad's ‘the knower of God becomes God’ and Guru Tegh Bahadur's ‘water merging in water’ are one truth — the drop returning to the ocean.
📖 A story to understand
When Guru Nanak passed, Hindus and Muslims quarrelled over whether to cremate or bury him. They lifted his sheet and found only flowers, which they lovingly shared. The drop had merged, in silence, back into the ocean.
Traditional sakhi / story (simplified retelling)