Ik oankar Satnam Karta purakh Nirbhau Nirvair Akal murat Ajuni Saibhang Gur prasad I had recited these words and their translations so many times as a child that their meanings felt self-evident: One Divine Force. Identity of Truth. Creative Being. Fearless. Without Enemies. An Eternal Form. Never Born. Self-Created. Through the Guru’s Grace.

