Without the One my mind could never rest — but filled to the brim, it finally stops wobbling.
The Arc
The second ashtapadee begins with the mind's true restlessness: it settles only in the One. Truth takes root and old weight lifts; anger and me-and-mine give way to ever-fresh love; the fickle mind quiets and the long thirst is quenched. The empty pool fills until it overflows; the heart is caught by the One who enchants; the One is named as the deep ocean of every jewel, worth turning to above all else. A quieted mind sees a clean stillness, a mind filled to the brim stops wavering, and grace itself supplies the words for what words can barely hold.
Key Vocabulary
dheerai — to be comforted, steadied; what the mind cannot find elsewhere.
na-o rangee — ever-fresh; love that never grows old.
subhar — brimming over; the pool filled past full.
ratnaagar — the ocean that is the source of all jewels.
agam agochar ajonee — inaccessible, beyond the senses, unborn.
akthau kathee-ai — speaking the unspoken; the deepest truth as grace.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The thirst-and-quenching arc is Saarang's signature longing brought to rest. The ocean-of-jewels and wave-and-ocean pictures recur; the refrain "I know no other" is heard as non-duality — the One appearing as everything — rather than exclusion.
For Raag Saarang
If the first ashtapadee is longing reaching out, this one is longing coming to rest: the restless mind discovering it was only ever searching for the One, and going still once it is full.
Translation Notes
The release from the cycle of returning (nibayraa) is rendered gently as the tiring round of chasing and losing, not as punishment. manoo-aa maar (subduing the mind) is carried as quieting the grabbing mind, keeping the teaching without violence. mamtaa jalay (attachment burnt) is read as the loosening of me-and-mine. deen da-i-aal foregrounds the door standing most open to the overlooked.
Without the One my mind could never rest — but filled to the brim, it finally stops wobbling.
The Arc
The second ashtapadee begins with the mind's true restlessness: it settles only in the One. Truth takes root and old weight lifts; anger and me-and-mine give way to ever-fresh love; the fickle mind quiets and the long thirst is quenched. The empty pool fills until it overflows; the heart is caught by the One who enchants; the One is named as the deep ocean of every jewel, worth turning to above all else. A quieted mind sees a clean stillness, a mind filled to the brim stops wavering, and grace itself supplies the words for what words can barely hold.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The thirst-and-quenching arc is Saarang's signature longing brought to rest. The ocean-of-jewels and wave-and-ocean pictures recur; the refrain "I know no other" is heard as non-duality — the One appearing as everything — rather than exclusion.
For Raag Saarang
If the first ashtapadee is longing reaching out, this one is longing coming to rest: the restless mind discovering it was only ever searching for the One, and going still once it is full.
Translation Notes
The release from the cycle of returning (nibayraa) is rendered gently as the tiring round of chasing and losing, not as punishment. manoo-aa maar (subduing the mind) is carried as quieting the grabbing mind, keeping the teaching without violence. mamtaa jalay (attachment burnt) is read as the loosening of me-and-mine. deen da-i-aal foregrounds the door standing most open to the overlooked.