Ekam
Chandogya UpanishadChandogya Upanishad 4.14.3

तद्यथा पुष्करपलाश आपो न श्लिष्यन्ते

Tad yathā puṣkara-palāśa āpo na śliṣyante

As water does not cling to a lotus leaf, so wrong-doing does not cling to one who knows this.

Ekam (simplified)

📖 Story

After years of wandering, Guru Nanak settled at Kartarpur and lived as an ordinary farmer — tilling the soil, raising a family, sharing meals from his own honest labour. He showed there is no need to flee to caves or forests to find God: live rooted in the world's mud like the lotus, yet bloom untouched above its waters.

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