The Closing Saloks, Savaiye Bhatt Mathura in Praise of Guru Arjun
One light passes from Guru to Guru, and whoever knows the Guru grows to be like him.
The Arc
One light passes from Guru to Guru, like a flame lighting the next lamp. You can see it with your own eyes in Guru Arjun. He holds truth and contentment in his heart, and in a dark age he is a ship that carries the whole world across. He lives with a family in a home and stays free inside. The One no one can measure is kind to the humble. Drink the nectar of the Naam, and millions of pains go far away. A long time of wandering ends. Whoever knows the Guru in thought and word grows to be like him. At the center, the opening line: the One, as pure light, was called Guru Nanak, and that same light shines on in each Guru.
Key Vocabulary
jot - light
jahaaj - a ship
sanmukh - facing the Guru, heart and all
param ateet - completely free of clinging
deen da-yaal - kind to the humble
Hukumnama
Subject: One light shines in every Guru Preview: A flame lighting the next lamp, a ship in a dark age, a family home, nectar that takes pain away.
Today: One light passes from Guru to Guru, like a flame lighting the next lamp. You can see it with your own eyes in Guru Arjun. He holds truth and contentment in his heart, and in a dark age he is a ship that carries the whole world across. He lives with a family in a home and stays free inside. The One no one can measure is kind to the humble. Drink the nectar of the Naam, and millions of pains go far away. A long time of wandering ends. Whoever knows the Guru in thought and word grows to be like him.
The light of the One shines on in each Guru, and it shapes whoever comes close.
For today: Spend a little time near someone whose goodness you would like to grow into.
One light passes from Guru to Guru, and whoever knows the Guru grows to be like him.
The Arc
One light passes from Guru to Guru, like a flame lighting the next lamp. You can see it with your own eyes in Guru Arjun. He holds truth and contentment in his heart, and in a dark age he is a ship that carries the whole world across. He lives with a family in a home and stays free inside. The One no one can measure is kind to the humble. Drink the nectar of the Naam, and millions of pains go far away. A long time of wandering ends. Whoever knows the Guru in thought and word grows to be like him. At the center, the opening line: the One, as pure light, was called Guru Nanak, and that same light shines on in each Guru.
Key Vocabulary
Hukumnama
Subject: One light shines in every Guru Preview: A flame lighting the next lamp, a ship in a dark age, a family home, nectar that takes pain away.
Today: One light passes from Guru to Guru, like a flame lighting the next lamp. You can see it with your own eyes in Guru Arjun. He holds truth and contentment in his heart, and in a dark age he is a ship that carries the whole world across. He lives with a family in a home and stays free inside. The One no one can measure is kind to the humble. Drink the nectar of the Naam, and millions of pains go far away. A long time of wandering ends. Whoever knows the Guru in thought and word grows to be like him.
The light of the One shines on in each Guru, and it shapes whoever comes close.
For today: Spend a little time near someone whose goodness you would like to grow into.