By grace the spring arrived — and a deep thirst was finally answered.
The Arc
A shabad of thirst answered and grace arriving. A deep thirst in mind and body is met by the kind teacher; among good hearts the old weight lifts and the heart falls in love with the Name. By grace, spring itself has come, and the heart listens deeply to praise on and on. The almighty Doer is a shelter for the one who has no one; the One takes fear away, feeds every creature, and needs only turn one warm glance to grant the gift of living in the Name.
Key Vocabulary
laagee piaas — the deep thirst of mind and body.
gur parsaad basant banaa — by grace, the spring of the soul has come.
har jas sunaa — deep listening (Suniai) to the praise of the One.
bhav khandan dukh naas — the One who breaks fear and ends pain.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Grace arriving as spring: the interior season that answers a long thirst.
For Raag Basant
An explicit Basant shabad: 'gur parsaad basant banaa' — by grace, spring has come to the soul.
Translation Notes
'I am an orphan' (anaath) kept gentle — coming for shelter like a child running home, not as despair. Suniai (deep listening) foregrounded in the rahau's 'har jas sunaa.'
By grace the spring arrived — and a deep thirst was finally answered.
The Arc
A shabad of thirst answered and grace arriving. A deep thirst in mind and body is met by the kind teacher; among good hearts the old weight lifts and the heart falls in love with the Name. By grace, spring itself has come, and the heart listens deeply to praise on and on. The almighty Doer is a shelter for the one who has no one; the One takes fear away, feeds every creature, and needs only turn one warm glance to grant the gift of living in the Name.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Grace arriving as spring: the interior season that answers a long thirst.
For Raag Basant
An explicit Basant shabad: 'gur parsaad basant banaa' — by grace, spring has come to the soul.
Translation Notes
'I am an orphan' (anaath) kept gentle — coming for shelter like a child running home, not as despair. Suniai (deep listening) foregrounded in the rahau's 'har jas sunaa.'