Endless, endless praises — and in the end, water merging into water.
The Arc
Picture the One as the life inside the whole world. The pulse in every living thing. The pull that warms your heart. Fall in love with that. Lean on it all day and all night, the way you lean on a wall that never moves. People have sung about the One for thousands of years. Great sages sang and sang, and still they could not count all the good. It has no edge. And those who stay close, close, close, end up blending in, like a drop of water slipping back into a river. At the centre, the Rahao: love for the One, the life of the world, held all day and all night.
Key Vocabulary
jagjeevano / manmohan — the life of the world; the enchanter of the heart.
be-ant — without limit, infinite.
nikat — near; the closeness of the devotees.
sallai salal milaat — water merging with water; union without separation.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The water-merging image is a landmark of non-duality and recurs across the Guru Granth Sahib as the picture of union without separation. The naming of Suk Dayv, Naarad, and Brahma places the One beyond even the greatest figures of the older tradition, honored rather than dismissed.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's longing resolves here into its deepest promise: not merely nearness to the One, but merging with it, the drop returning to the water it came from.
Translation Notes
Suk Dayv, Naarad and Brahma are revered figures of the Hindu tradition. Here they sing the One's praises, and even they cannot count them all.
Hukumnama
Subject: Love the One, the life of the world Preview: the master of the world, praises no sage can count, and a drop of water slipping into water.
Today: Picture the One as the life inside the whole world. The pulse in every living thing. The pull that warms your heart. Fall in love with that. Lean on it all day and all night, the way you lean on a wall that never moves. People have sung about the One for thousands of years. Great sages sang and sang, and still they could not count all the good. It has no edge. And those who stay close, close, close, end up blending in, like a drop of water slipping back into a river.
Love the One, and lean on that love day and night.
For today: Say the Naam once when you wake and once before you sleep, and lean on it in between.
Endless, endless praises — and in the end, water merging into water.
The Arc
Picture the One as the life inside the whole world. The pulse in every living thing. The pull that warms your heart. Fall in love with that. Lean on it all day and all night, the way you lean on a wall that never moves. People have sung about the One for thousands of years. Great sages sang and sang, and still they could not count all the good. It has no edge. And those who stay close, close, close, end up blending in, like a drop of water slipping back into a river. At the centre, the Rahao: love for the One, the life of the world, held all day and all night.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The water-merging image is a landmark of non-duality and recurs across the Guru Granth Sahib as the picture of union without separation. The naming of Suk Dayv, Naarad, and Brahma places the One beyond even the greatest figures of the older tradition, honored rather than dismissed.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's longing resolves here into its deepest promise: not merely nearness to the One, but merging with it, the drop returning to the water it came from.
Translation Notes
Suk Dayv, Naarad and Brahma are revered figures of the Hindu tradition. Here they sing the One's praises, and even they cannot count them all.
Hukumnama
Subject: Love the One, the life of the world Preview: the master of the world, praises no sage can count, and a drop of water slipping into water.
Today: Picture the One as the life inside the whole world. The pulse in every living thing. The pull that warms your heart. Fall in love with that. Lean on it all day and all night, the way you lean on a wall that never moves. People have sung about the One for thousands of years. Great sages sang and sang, and still they could not count all the good. It has no edge. And those who stay close, close, close, end up blending in, like a drop of water slipping back into a river.
Love the One, and lean on that love day and night.
For today: Say the Naam once when you wake and once before you sleep, and lean on it in between.