The Closing Saloks, Savaiye in Praise of Guru Amar Das (the bard Keerat)
Set the worry down in front of what you trust, and rest.
The Arc
A single verse of prayer: a plea too big for words, all cares placed before the One, the Sangat looked to for help, and a closing surrender — as you keep me, I remain.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The theme is trust settling into hukam — the flow of existence. The Guru’s gaze of grace places the sweetness of the Name in the mouth; grace is received, not earned. The surrender is a settling, not resignation.
Translation Notes
Hukam is rendered as the flow of existence; the closing surrender is framed as trust and rest, not passivity or fatalism.
Grace is kept as always-present, received rather than earned.
Set the worry down in front of what you trust, and rest.
The Arc
A single verse of prayer: a plea too big for words, all cares placed before the One, the Sangat looked to for help, and a closing surrender — as you keep me, I remain.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The theme is trust settling into hukam — the flow of existence. The Guru’s gaze of grace places the sweetness of the Name in the mouth; grace is received, not earned. The surrender is a settling, not resignation.
Translation Notes