Becoming One with the Divine
The journey's end: the drop quietly merges back into the ocean.
He who knows that highest Brahman, becomes even Brahman. In his race no one is born ignorant of Brahman. He overcomes grief, he overcomes evil; free from the fetters of the heart, he becomes immortal.
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे।।18.65।।
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣhyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ‘si me
Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. You will come to Me; I truly promise you this, for you are dear to Me.
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)