The Closing Saloks, Savaiye in Praise of Guru Amar Das (the bard Jaalap)
Meet what is real, and the endless running finally stops.
The Arc
Each line opens with “meeting Guru Amar Das” and names what follows — the earth cleansed, seekers longing, meditation deepening, the journey and the cycle coming to rest, duality dissolving, countless treasures found.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The heart of it is arrival: the peace that ends restless seeking. Realizing the One (ik binn) ends the tug-of-war of duality — again the Ik Onkar theme, felt as wholeness.
Translation Notes
References to the journey’s end and the end of the cycle are rendered as arrival and the end of running, keeping the sense of rest without any fear of death or rebirth.
Meet what is real, and the endless running finally stops.
The Arc
Each line opens with “meeting Guru Amar Das” and names what follows — the earth cleansed, seekers longing, meditation deepening, the journey and the cycle coming to rest, duality dissolving, countless treasures found.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The heart of it is arrival: the peace that ends restless seeking. Realizing the One (ik binn) ends the tug-of-war of duality — again the Ik Onkar theme, felt as wholeness.
Translation Notes