Savaiye in Praise of Guru Amar Das (by the bard Bhalh), Verse 22 — goodness too big to count
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The raindrops of the clouds, the plants of the earth, the flowers of spring: no one can count them.
Who can know the end of the rays of the sun and moon, the waves of the ocean and of the Ganges?
Bhalh the poet says: with Shiva's deep meditation and the True Guru's wisdom, maybe these could be counted.
O Guru Amar Das, your goodness is so great. Your praise belongs to you alone.
Guru Amar Das's goodness is as countless as raindrops and waves, and nothing else can match it.
The verse piles up uncountable things: the raindrops of the clouds, the plants of the earth, the flowers of spring, the rays of sun and moon, the waves of the ocean and of the sacred river Ganges. Only with the deepest meditation and the Guru's wisdom could such things even begin to be counted, and Guru Amar Das's virtues are just as far beyond counting. The closing tayree upmaa tohi ban aavai means his praise belongs only to him: he is beyond comparison. The bard is Bhalh.
What is something in nature so big or beautiful it makes you stop and wonder?
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