Savaiye in Praise of Guru Ram Das (Bhatt Balh), Verse 1 — the One fills all three worlds
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One fills all three worlds.
In all the world, the One has made no one else like itself.
The One made itself, out of itself.
Angels, people and demons have not found the One's end.
Angels, demons and people have not found the One's end. The heavenly heralds and singers wander, searching for the One.
The One never dies, never moves, is never born, exists on its own, the highest Being, endless beyond endless,
the Cause of all causes, all-powerful forever. All beings keep the One in their minds.
Great Guru Ram Das, your victory rings out in the world. You have reached the highest place of the One.
The One fills all three worlds and has no end, and Guru Ram Das has reached the One's highest place.
Teen bhavan bharpoor rahi-o so-ee — the One fills all three worlds: above, here, and below. Nothing like the One was ever made. The One made itself.
Angels, people, and demons have all searched. So have the gandharbs, the heavenly singers of old Indian stories. None of them found the edge.
The poet, Balh, then piles up names for the One. Deathless. Unmoving. Ajonee, never born. Sambha-o, existing by itself. Beyond every limit. Every heart turns toward that One.
Each of Balh's five verses ends on the same happy chorus. Saree gur raamdaas ja-yo ja-y jag meh — Guru Ram Das, your victory rings out in the world. You have reached the highest place. Like a cheer after every goal, the chorus keeps pointing back to the One.
What is something so big you cannot picture its edges: the ocean, space, time?
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