Your light is in everything and everywhere, so quiet the restless wanting in me, and let me see that You are inside my heart and out in the whole world at once.
The Arc
The hymn moves from a vision of light everywhere, through a prayer to still the craving that blinds us to it, to the settled seeing of the One both near and far.
Verse 1 (P0): Your light fills everything; wherever I look, there You are.
The Rahau (P1): quiet my endless craving; my mind is stuck in a dark well of wanting.
Verse 2 (P2): You live in the heart, so of course You are outside too, always caring.
Verse 3 (P3): near and far at once, all-pervading; the teaching lifts the darkness.
Verse 4 (P4): doubt within, glitter without; forgetting the One wears me down, so I turn back.
Key Vocabulary
sarab jot — the Light in all things.
narharee — a name for the One, seen everywhere.
jeevan talab — the craving, the demand of worldly appetite.
andh koop — the dark well of Maya.
saar — care, tending.
Themes and Cross-Connections
This is a hymn of immanence and transcendence held together: aapay nayrhai aapay door (Himself near and far). It echoes the Japji vision of the One sabh meh (in all), so that seeking the One is never seeking something distant, only clearing the eyes to what is already here.
For Raag Raamkalee
In a raag associated with yogis who withdraw to far-off caves to find the divine, this hymn insists the One is found in the heart and the street alike, needing not distance but attention.
Translation Notes
Sensitive line handled (P1):jeevan talab nivaar is rendered as "quiet my endless wanting / craving for worldly life," NOT as any wish to die; the phrase names the grasping appetite and is deliberately kept life-affirming per wellbeing rules.
Suffering softened (P4):partaapehgaa (suffers greatly) rendered as "wears me down," then redirected to the crossing promised in the rahau.
daasan daasaa (slave of slaves) rendered as "the smallest of helpers," turning self-abasement into humble service.
Your light is in everything and everywhere, so quiet the restless wanting in me, and let me see that You are inside my heart and out in the whole world at once.
The Arc
The hymn moves from a vision of light everywhere, through a prayer to still the craving that blinds us to it, to the settled seeing of the One both near and far.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
This is a hymn of immanence and transcendence held together: aapay nayrhai aapay door (Himself near and far). It echoes the Japji vision of the One sabh meh (in all), so that seeking the One is never seeking something distant, only clearing the eyes to what is already here.
For Raag Raamkalee
In a raag associated with yogis who withdraw to far-off caves to find the divine, this hymn insists the One is found in the heart and the street alike, needing not distance but attention.
Translation Notes
Last updated: 2026-07-09