Raag Aasaa
Commentary

Raag Aasaa, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan), Aasaavaree

Accept whatever the One does — this is the only peace; no one is bad; the senses steady and suffering ends when self-conceit drops — and the one who has no one to call his own, to that one God belongs.

The Arc

The Pause (Pauri 0): whatever You do comes to pass; I sleep in peace, my mind patient. Pauri 1: in the Sangat, senses mastered, suffering ended with self-conceit. Pauri 2: the only peace is accepting His will; no one is bad; become the dust of the Saints. Pauri 3: the one with no one — God belongs to him; save the sinners.

Key Vocabulary

  • accept whatever He does: the only peace (the sweet Hukam)
  • "no one is bad": judgment dissolved by accepting the Will and seeing the One in all (cf. B00C674)
  • self-conceit dropped: senses steadied, suffering ended (Haumai)
  • God belongs to the friendless: the One claiming those with no one (cf. B00C825)

Themes and Cross-Connections

"The only peace is accepting whatever the Lord does" is the sweet Hukam (B00C694, B00C745). "No one is bad" is non-judgment (B00C674, B00C774). "The one who has no one — God belongs to him" is the friend of the friendless and Radical Inclusivity (B00C825, shelter to the shelterless).

For Raag Aasaa

Aasaa's hope is the peace of acceptance, the end of judging, and the tender claim of God on the friendless. The mood is calm and merciful.


Last updated: 2026-06-28

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