Brihadaranyaka UpanishadBrihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28
असतो मा सद्गमय। तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय॥
Asato mā sad gamaya, tamaso mā jyotir gamaya, mṛtyor māmṛtaṃ gamaya
Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.
— Ekam (simplified)
📖 Story
One morning Nanak entered the river Bein and slipped beneath its waters. For three days all believed him drowned. He rose again radiant, and his first words were, “There is no Hindu, no Muslim” — meaning all are children of one God. The darkness within him had turned wholly to light.