The One who never leaves or ages, contentment that turns you gentle, and the ego cured by humble service.
The Arc
Verse 1: the One is eternal, never dying, forever young and pure, not far but ever-present, filling the ten directions — a love that never fades or ages. Verse 2: the heart bonded to the One overflows — its home lacks nothing, the nine treasures are there, and the fullness shows outwardly as sweet speech and an unbreakable bond. Verse 3 is the warm invitation to humble service: come, companions, let us serve the Saints — grind their corn, wash their feet — dissolving ego by hands-on lowly good, becoming slaves of His slaves. Verse 4 gives the fruit: the dedicated heart, in Saadh Sangat, finds desires fulfilled, doubt and division gone, peace and joyful singing.
Key Vocabulary
Sadaa nav-tan (v.1) — forever young/fresh: a love that never ages or grows stale.
Home lacks nothing / sweet speech (v.2) — contentment showing outwardly as gentleness.
Grind corn, wash feet (v.3) — humble hands-on service; the ego cured by doing, not thinking.
Slaves of His slaves (v.3) — love's joyful self-lowering.
Translation Notes
Bridal pronouns. The soul-bride voice rendered inclusively for children per voice rules.
v.3 — "grind their corn, wash their feet." Concrete images of seva (humble service); kept literal, framed as behind-the-scenes helpful work.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Seva-as-ego-cure connects to the raag's humility thread (daasan daas, B00C942; dust of the feet, B00C956). "Forever young" restates the deathless-One (B00C758 "neither young nor old"). Contentment-shows-as-gentleness rhymes with the "sweet speech" of the virtuous across Gurbani.
For Raag Aasaa
The shabad gives a child security (a love that never leaves or ages), a gentle psychology (contentment makes you kind), and a practical cure for pride: don't lecture the ego away — quietly do humble good for others, and it dissolves on its own.
The One who never leaves or ages, contentment that turns you gentle, and the ego cured by humble service.
The Arc
Verse 1: the One is eternal, never dying, forever young and pure, not far but ever-present, filling the ten directions — a love that never fades or ages. Verse 2: the heart bonded to the One overflows — its home lacks nothing, the nine treasures are there, and the fullness shows outwardly as sweet speech and an unbreakable bond. Verse 3 is the warm invitation to humble service: come, companions, let us serve the Saints — grind their corn, wash their feet — dissolving ego by hands-on lowly good, becoming slaves of His slaves. Verse 4 gives the fruit: the dedicated heart, in Saadh Sangat, finds desires fulfilled, doubt and division gone, peace and joyful singing.
Key Vocabulary
Translation Notes
Themes and Cross-Connections
Seva-as-ego-cure connects to the raag's humility thread (daasan daas, B00C942; dust of the feet, B00C956). "Forever young" restates the deathless-One (B00C758 "neither young nor old"). Contentment-shows-as-gentleness rhymes with the "sweet speech" of the virtuous across Gurbani.
For Raag Aasaa
The shabad gives a child security (a love that never leaves or ages), a gentle psychology (contentment makes you kind), and a practical cure for pride: don't lecture the ego away — quietly do humble good for others, and it dissolves on its own.
Last updated: 2026-07-05