The Closing Saloks, Savaiye in Praise of Guru Amar Das (the bard Keerat)
The Formless One took a shape and lit a lamp for all.
The Arc
The One has no shape you can point to. Still, the One stepped into the world and took a form, and its Light filled every corner. Picture a lamp lit in a dark room so everyone can see. That lamp is the Shabad, the Guru's word. Whoever gathers the heart of it finds the way to the One. The same Light came into Guru Nanak's pure house, then into Guru Angad and Guru Amar Das. The Guru carries you across. Lifetime after lifetime, you can stay at that shelter. At the center, the opening line: the One took up power and came into the world.
Key Vocabulary
nirankaar - the Formless One
jot - light
sabad - the Shabad, the Guru's word
deepak - lamp
saran - shelter
Hukumnama
Subject: The Formless One lit a lamp for you Preview: The Formless taking form, a lamp lit in every corner, one Light in Nanak's pure house.
Today: The One has no shape you can point to. Still, the One stepped into the world and took a form, and its Light filled every corner. Picture a lamp lit in a dark room so everyone can see. That lamp is the Shabad, the Guru's word. Whoever gathers the heart of it finds the way to the One. The same Light came into Guru Nanak's pure house, then into Guru Angad and Guru Amar Das. The Guru carries you across. Lifetime after lifetime, you can stay at that shelter.
The Formless One lit a lamp so everyone can see.
For today: Light a candle or lamp today and remember the Light in every person.
The Formless One took a shape and lit a lamp for all.
The Arc
The One has no shape you can point to. Still, the One stepped into the world and took a form, and its Light filled every corner. Picture a lamp lit in a dark room so everyone can see. That lamp is the Shabad, the Guru's word. Whoever gathers the heart of it finds the way to the One. The same Light came into Guru Nanak's pure house, then into Guru Angad and Guru Amar Das. The Guru carries you across. Lifetime after lifetime, you can stay at that shelter. At the center, the opening line: the One took up power and came into the world.
Key Vocabulary
Hukumnama
Subject: The Formless One lit a lamp for you Preview: The Formless taking form, a lamp lit in every corner, one Light in Nanak's pure house.
Today: The One has no shape you can point to. Still, the One stepped into the world and took a form, and its Light filled every corner. Picture a lamp lit in a dark room so everyone can see. That lamp is the Shabad, the Guru's word. Whoever gathers the heart of it finds the way to the One. The same Light came into Guru Nanak's pure house, then into Guru Angad and Guru Amar Das. The Guru carries you across. Lifetime after lifetime, you can stay at that shelter.
The Formless One lit a lamp so everyone can see.
For today: Light a candle or lamp today and remember the Light in every person.