Savaiye in Praise of Guru Amar Das, Verse 5 — a life bears fruit with the Naam
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The glory of the Naam shines out through the world like rays of the sun, like the branches of a great heavenly tree.
In the lands of the north, the south, the east and the west, people sing its praise.
A life bears fruit when the Naam of the One lives in the heart.
Heavenly beings, singers, and the six schools of old wisdom all long for it.
The son of Tej Bhaan, of the Bhalla family, is good and famous. Kal says: with my palms pressed together, I meditate on him.
That Naam takes away the devotees' fear of the world's wide ocean, and Guru Amar Das, you have received it.
A life bears fruit when the Naam lives in the heart.
The Naam's glory shines like the sun. Its rays reach north, south, east and west. The verse also compares it to the branches of the surtar, the wish-granting tree of heaven in old stories. Those branches spread shade far and wide.
Janam ta ih sakyath means "then this life bears fruit." A life with the Naam is like a tree that gives good fruit. Even heavenly beings and the six schools of old wisdom long for this Naam.
The verse names Guru Amar Das as the son of Tej Bhaan, of the Bhalla family. The bard Kal thinks of him with jorh kar, palms pressed together, a sign of thanks and humility. The Naam takes away the fear of the world's rough ocean, and Guru Amar Das has received it.
What is something valuable you carry inside that no one could ever take away?
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