The Closing Saloks, Savaiye in Praise of Guru Ram Das (the bard Nal)
Draw close enough to something good, and you become able to give it.
The Arc
Picture a strong, kind hand resting on your head before a big day. The mighty Guru blesses like that. The Guru gives the Naam as a gift, and the wrong things you carry fall away. Night and day the Guru's mind rests on the One, and at the sound of that Naam even death backs off. Guru Ram Das trusted his Guru, Guru Amar Das, with his whole heart. He touched the stone that turns iron to gold, and he became that stone himself. What you receive with your whole heart, you can pass on. At the center, the opening line: the mighty Guru placed his hand on my head.
Key Vocabulary
samrath - mighty
sir hath - hand on the head
kirpaa - kindness, grace
paaras - the stone that turns iron to gold
Hukumnama
Subject: The Guru's hand rests on your head Preview: A kind hand on the head, the Naam as a gift, death frightened off, a stone that turns to gold.
Today: Picture a strong, kind hand resting on your head before a big day. The mighty Guru blesses like that. The Guru gives the Naam as a gift, and the wrong things you carry fall away. Night and day the Guru's mind rests on the One, and at the sound of that Naam even death backs off. Guru Ram Das trusted his Guru, Guru Amar Das, with his whole heart. He touched the stone that turns iron to gold, and he became that stone himself. What you receive with your whole heart, you can pass on.
The mighty Guru's hand rests on the one who trusts.
For today: Pass on one good thing someone taught you to a younger friend or sibling.
Draw close enough to something good, and you become able to give it.
The Arc
Picture a strong, kind hand resting on your head before a big day. The mighty Guru blesses like that. The Guru gives the Naam as a gift, and the wrong things you carry fall away. Night and day the Guru's mind rests on the One, and at the sound of that Naam even death backs off. Guru Ram Das trusted his Guru, Guru Amar Das, with his whole heart. He touched the stone that turns iron to gold, and he became that stone himself. What you receive with your whole heart, you can pass on. At the center, the opening line: the mighty Guru placed his hand on my head.
Key Vocabulary
Hukumnama
Subject: The Guru's hand rests on your head Preview: A kind hand on the head, the Naam as a gift, death frightened off, a stone that turns to gold.
Today: Picture a strong, kind hand resting on your head before a big day. The mighty Guru blesses like that. The Guru gives the Naam as a gift, and the wrong things you carry fall away. Night and day the Guru's mind rests on the One, and at the sound of that Naam even death backs off. Guru Ram Das trusted his Guru, Guru Amar Das, with his whole heart. He touched the stone that turns iron to gold, and he became that stone himself. What you receive with your whole heart, you can pass on.
The mighty Guru's hand rests on the one who trusts.
For today: Pass on one good thing someone taught you to a younger friend or sibling.