Where would I go? The One and the teacher are right here, at home, within.
The Arc
This is Raamaanand's single hymn in the entire Guru Granth Sahib, under its own Mool Mantar. The rahau is its heart: where would I go, when home is full of color and the wandering mind has come to rest? He recalls setting out with sandalwood and oils to worship at the holy place, only to be shown the One — and the teacher — within his own mind. Wherever one travels there are only water and stones, and the One already fills them all; one would journey far only if the One were not here — but it is. The close gives thanks to the teacher who cut through all confusion.
Key Vocabulary
kat jaa-ee-ai — where should I go?
ghar laago rang — the home is filled with color and bliss.
jal pakhaan — water and stones (of shrines).
balihaaree — a devoted offering of oneself.
bharam — confusion, doubt.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Raamaanand stands beside Sadhna and Baynee as bhagats with a single hymn in the Guru Granth Sahib. His inward-home teaching is one of Gurbani's clearest statements that the divine is found within, and it seeds the raag's closing Kabir shabad (B00C2558), which also sends the seeker home rather than prowling elsewhere.
For Raag Basant
This is the still center of the Basant bhagat block: the spring is at home, within. Raamaanand's rested, wander-free mind is the very state the raag calls blossoming — a heart so full it no longer needs to search.
Translation Notes
Interfaith is handled at full strength and evenhanded: pilgrimage is relocated inward for everyone, without mocking any shrine — jal pakhaan, water and stones, is rendered plainly as holy places that the One already fills, so the point is presence everywhere rather than ridicule. The attribution to Raamaanand is confirmed from the source header.
Where would I go? The One and the teacher are right here, at home, within.
The Arc
This is Raamaanand's single hymn in the entire Guru Granth Sahib, under its own Mool Mantar. The rahau is its heart: where would I go, when home is full of color and the wandering mind has come to rest? He recalls setting out with sandalwood and oils to worship at the holy place, only to be shown the One — and the teacher — within his own mind. Wherever one travels there are only water and stones, and the One already fills them all; one would journey far only if the One were not here — but it is. The close gives thanks to the teacher who cut through all confusion.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Raamaanand stands beside Sadhna and Baynee as bhagats with a single hymn in the Guru Granth Sahib. His inward-home teaching is one of Gurbani's clearest statements that the divine is found within, and it seeds the raag's closing Kabir shabad (B00C2558), which also sends the seeker home rather than prowling elsewhere.
For Raag Basant
This is the still center of the Basant bhagat block: the spring is at home, within. Raamaanand's rested, wander-free mind is the very state the raag calls blossoming — a heart so full it no longer needs to search.
Translation Notes
Interfaith is handled at full strength and evenhanded: pilgrimage is relocated inward for everyone, without mocking any shrine — jal pakhaan, water and stones, is rendered plainly as holy places that the One already fills, so the point is presence everywhere rather than ridicule. The attribution to Raamaanand is confirmed from the source header.