Tuned to the Master, the devotees are fed with the perfect food and never run short — enough to enjoy and to give; backed by the Unfathomable, served even by the siddhis, the one touched by mercy lacks nothing.
The Arc
Pauri 0: those attuned to the Master are full, fed the perfect food. The Pause (Pauri 1): the devotees never run short — enough to eat, spend, enjoy, give. Pauri 2: with the Unfathomable as Master, no mortal can stand against them. Pauri 3: even the eighteen powers serve them — grasp their feet. Pauri 4: the one touched by mercy lacks nothing.
Key Vocabulary
the perfect food: the Name, satisfying completely
abundance to give: real plenty overflowing into generosity (cf. Shabad 109)
the siddhis serve the devotee: the eighteen powers serve the one whose Master is the Unfathomable (cf. Shabad 156)
lacks nothing: complete sufficiency, all from mercy
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Lacks nothing... enough to enjoy and give" is the inexhaustible Giver overflowing into generosity (Shabad 109). "The siddhis serve him" restates the Name surpassing supernatural powers (Shabad 156, Shabad 50). Backed by the Unfathomable, "no mortal can stand against him" is the fearlessness of Shabad 112. All rests on Gurprasad.
For Raag Aasaa
Aasaa's hope is a complete sufficiency: fed, abundant, secure, lacking nothing — and generous, because it never runs dry. The mood is settled and overflowing.
Tuned to the Master, the devotees are fed with the perfect food and never run short — enough to enjoy and to give; backed by the Unfathomable, served even by the siddhis, the one touched by mercy lacks nothing.
The Arc
Pauri 0: those attuned to the Master are full, fed the perfect food. The Pause (Pauri 1): the devotees never run short — enough to eat, spend, enjoy, give. Pauri 2: with the Unfathomable as Master, no mortal can stand against them. Pauri 3: even the eighteen powers serve them — grasp their feet. Pauri 4: the one touched by mercy lacks nothing.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Lacks nothing... enough to enjoy and give" is the inexhaustible Giver overflowing into generosity (Shabad 109). "The siddhis serve him" restates the Name surpassing supernatural powers (Shabad 156, Shabad 50). Backed by the Unfathomable, "no mortal can stand against him" is the fearlessness of Shabad 112. All rests on Gurprasad.
For Raag Aasaa
Aasaa's hope is a complete sufficiency: fed, abundant, secure, lacking nothing — and generous, because it never runs dry. The mood is settled and overflowing.