Spring has come and the plants have blossomed; kept near the Guru, the mind blossoms too.
The Arc
This shabad carries one of the raag's most beloved lines: the plants have blossomed, spring has climbed in, and this mind blossoms in the Guru's company. The rahau coaxes the restless mind toward what is real, so it can finally rest. The verses give joy as the blooming mind's natural fruit and the Name as its sweetest one; then they distinguish saying One from knowing One, which comes by understanding the Hukam. The close: even our words of praise are the One's own gift.
Key Vocabulary
banaspat maulee — the plants have blossomed; spring has come.
amrit fal — the nectar-fruit; the Name as the ripe fruit of the mind.
hukam boojhai — knowing the One by understanding the flow of existence.
aakhan vaykhan — speech and seeing, given by the One.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The blossoming-plants image is the seasonal heart of the raag (compare B00C2499's the world His garden). Language-as-the-One's-gift echoes Raag Bhairao's opener (B00C2339).
For Raag Basant
This is the quintessential Basant shabad of the batch: the literal spring and the spring of the mind made one image.
Translation Notes
Mugadh manaa (foolish mind) is softened to restless mind, keeping Guru Amar Das's coaxing tone and avoiding shame. Chanting and speech are framed positively as the One's own gift.
Spring has come and the plants have blossomed; kept near the Guru, the mind blossoms too.
The Arc
This shabad carries one of the raag's most beloved lines: the plants have blossomed, spring has climbed in, and this mind blossoms in the Guru's company. The rahau coaxes the restless mind toward what is real, so it can finally rest. The verses give joy as the blooming mind's natural fruit and the Name as its sweetest one; then they distinguish saying One from knowing One, which comes by understanding the Hukam. The close: even our words of praise are the One's own gift.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The blossoming-plants image is the seasonal heart of the raag (compare B00C2499's the world His garden). Language-as-the-One's-gift echoes Raag Bhairao's opener (B00C2339).
For Raag Basant
This is the quintessential Basant shabad of the batch: the literal spring and the spring of the mind made one image.
Translation Notes
Mugadh manaa (foolish mind) is softened to restless mind, keeping Guru Amar Das's coaxing tone and avoiding shame. Chanting and speech are framed positively as the One's own gift.