?????�(smaale)
Meaning:�verb:�(1) Remembers, recollects, reflects. (2) Looks after, takes care of.
Quote:
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so dar kehaa�� so ghar kehaa�� jit bahi sarab samaale.
(O Creator!) How wonderful must be that door and how incomparable that abode (the spiritual state of mind) wherein one realizes that the entire creation is reflecting upon You and You are taking care of all. – Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 06
Message:�In the first part of stanza 27, Guru Nanak draws a text portrait and depicts the wonderful abode of the Almighty. It seems like an artist�s striking portrait of a king�s court and his courtiers, singing of his glory and applauding!
Guru Nanak likens the harmony in nature with that of a musical group, where a director directs the players of different musical instruments, and many singers together sing in unison to the same tune.
How wonderful this all is: all components of the universe, air, water, fire, etc. perform their functions and roles in a mutually supporting manner. Those who are respected on earth, like the pundits and learned ones, they too acknowledge the Divine. Even gods and goddesses are doing the divine bidding. Their inclusion here shows that while human beings worship them, they themselves acknowledge the Creator.
With vivid poetic beauty and imagery, the stanza depicts that all created entities: musical and natural, historical and mythological, earthly and heavenly, temporal and spiritual (and whether they physically exist or were merely believed to be existing) are perishable unlike the Creator; hence, unworthy of worship. Only the Almighty is immortal and eternal, and worthy of worship.
So why put your trust or faith in anyone other than the omniscient and omnipresent Divine? Adore only the One, whom all, everyone and everything, adore!�
Keen to Explore further:
Guru Nanak uses the expression�gaavahi�repeatedly in this stanza to stress that creation is �singing� to the One Reality. Singing the praises of the Creator is an allegoric expression, which signifies that everything, animate and inanimate, abides harmoniously by the laws of the all-pervading divine Force. For example, the way the elements, air, water, and fire, etc. do what they are meant to do, so too should human beings carry out their duties in accordance with the laws of the universe.
�Singing� here can also be understood to mean the sound created by the dance of life expressed in carrying out the purpose for which it was intended: air to blow, fire to burn and water to flow.
�Singing� can also be understood to mean �in praise of,� which implies a kind of seeking: thus we, the ascetic, the sage, the pundit and the gods, are all seeking the Source.
�Singing� can also be viewed as the pursuit of excellence in each one of us as we seek to transcend our limitations. Guru Sahib is here pointing to excellence in speech and language, music, knowledge, and above all, awareness.
Etymology:�For (1): From Sanskrit�sa?smaarayati�(causes to remember) ? Prakrit�sa?bhaaria�(remembered, reminded of) ? Sindhi�sambhaara?u�(to recollect), Punjabi�samaaranaa�(to recollect).
For (2): From Sanskrit�sa?bhaarayati�(causes to bring together, prepares, maintains) ? Prakrit�sa?bhaalia�(supported) ? Kumauni�samaal?o�(to support, to take care of), Old Marwari�samaa(haa)lai�(takes care of).
