A true life bears fruit; its words ring true and its heart stays low.
The Arc
This shabad follows the fruitful life through its stages. By good destiny one lives in truth, remembers the One, and stops the restless circling; such a birth bears fruit. The rahau: act with the heart tuned in, serve the Name, let self-conceit fade. From there the true person's speech rings true and spreads across the ages, yet they remain humble as the dust of kind feet. The close returns to the raag's ground note — one Maker and no other, and the direct joy (ras) of belonging to it.
Key Vocabulary
safal janam — a fruitful human birth.
liv laa-ay — loving absorption; the heart tuned in.
pag pankaj dhoor — dust of the lotus feet; deep humility.
ayko kartaa — one Creator, no second (Ik Onkar).
Themes and Cross-Connections
The dust-of-feet humility carries straight into B00C2490. Oneness-with-no-second is the shared root of the whole raag and of Ik Onkar throughout Gurbani.
For Raag Basant
Even in a raag of blossoms, Guru Amar Das keeps the ground low: the fruitful life is also the humble one.
Translation Notes
Fir jon na aavai (release from rebirth) is framed as restlessness quieting, not fear of the cycle. Renown (so-ay) is read as the natural light of a true life, not sought-after fame.
A true life bears fruit; its words ring true and its heart stays low.
The Arc
This shabad follows the fruitful life through its stages. By good destiny one lives in truth, remembers the One, and stops the restless circling; such a birth bears fruit. The rahau: act with the heart tuned in, serve the Name, let self-conceit fade. From there the true person's speech rings true and spreads across the ages, yet they remain humble as the dust of kind feet. The close returns to the raag's ground note — one Maker and no other, and the direct joy (ras) of belonging to it.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The dust-of-feet humility carries straight into B00C2490. Oneness-with-no-second is the shared root of the whole raag and of Ik Onkar throughout Gurbani.
For Raag Basant
Even in a raag of blossoms, Guru Amar Das keeps the ground low: the fruitful life is also the humble one.
Translation Notes
Fir jon na aavai (release from rebirth) is framed as restlessness quieting, not fear of the cycle. Renown (so-ay) is read as the natural light of a true life, not sought-after fame.