Savaiye in Praise of Guru Nanak, Verse 9 — from the deepest place to the farthest star
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Down in the worlds below, devotees like the great serpent king sing his praises.
Shiva sings of him always, and so do the yogis, the self-controlled and the wanderers.
The silent sage Vyaas, who studied the Vedas and their grammar, sings his praise.
Brahma, who shaped the whole world by the One's command, sings of him.
The One fills every galaxy and every world, the same with form and without form.
Kal says: I sing the praise of Guru Nanak, who enjoys the yoga of easy calm, joined with the One.
All of creation sings the same song. Praise rises from the deepest places under the earth to the highest heavens. Picture a huge stadium where every seat, top to bottom, joins one song.
The singers are names from older Indian stories. The great serpent of the lowest worlds sings. Shiva and the wandering yogis sing. Vyaas, the wise sage who studied the Vedas, sings. Brahma sings too. In the old stories he shaped the world. Here he does it by hukam, the One's command, the flow of all that is.
Then comes the big idea: barahmand khand pooran barahm. The One fills every galaxy and every world. Gun nirgun sam says the One is the same with form and without form. You can meet the One inside the world. And the One is also far beyond it.
The poet who sings all this is the bard Kal. He praises Guru Nanak, who knows sahj jog, the calm, natural way of staying joined with the One.
When has looking at the stars, or the ocean, made you feel how big the world is?
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