Savaiye in praise of Guru Ram Das, Verse 8 — the One who staged the whole play for joy
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
As Krishna, You wear yellow robes, and Your teeth are white as jasmine. You stay with those You love, with a garland at Your neck, and You happily wear a crown of peacock feathers.
You need no adviser, and You are endlessly patient. You hold up right living, unseen and beyond reach. You staged the play of the whole world for Your own joy.
No one can tell Your untold story. You fill all three worlds. You took the form of perfect wisdom, King of kings.
You are forever true, the home of all goodness, the first Being. Wahe-guru, Wahe-guru, Wahe-guru, Wahe jee-o.
The One staged the whole world as a play, for its own joy, and no words can tell its story.
Khayl kee-aa aapnai uchhaahi means "You staged the play out of Your own delight." The bard opens with a loving picture of Krishna from Hindu tradition: peet basan, yellow robes, a garland and a crown of peacock feathers.
Then the bard looks behind the picture. The One needs no adviser, is endlessly patient, and fills all three worlds. Akath kathaa means the story no one can tell. The heart answers with vaahiguroo, wonder.
If you tried to draw something too big to draw, like a whole ocean or a feeling, what would you put in the picture?
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