The One who lifts everyone is worth remembering — come with empty hands and be carried across.
The Arc
The Rahau marvels that the One saves all, yet how easily that slips when we are wrapped up in things. The middle verse names the habits that pull us while calm and contentment are set aside. The close is a plain prayer: reach in and lift me out; I come empty-handed to Your shelter, and in good company even the emptiest-handed are carried across.
Key Vocabulary
sagal uDhaaran: savior of all
moh magan: absorbed in attachment
bikhi-aa / amrit: poison and nectar
haar paray: come tired to the refuge
rank taaran: the empty-handed carried across
Themes and Cross-Connections
Universal grace, the pulls seen as habits to heal, and refuge in company are the load-bearing themes.
For Raag Bilaaval
The raag's reassurance holds even the honest confession of being pulled off course.
Translation Notes
SSK reads patit sang and rank as the company of sinners and a poor beggar. These are rendered as getting wrapped up and coming empty-handed: no person condemned, and self-abasement turned to empty-handedness.
The One who lifts everyone is worth remembering — come with empty hands and be carried across.
The Arc
The Rahau marvels that the One saves all, yet how easily that slips when we are wrapped up in things. The middle verse names the habits that pull us while calm and contentment are set aside. The close is a plain prayer: reach in and lift me out; I come empty-handed to Your shelter, and in good company even the emptiest-handed are carried across.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Universal grace, the pulls seen as habits to heal, and refuge in company are the load-bearing themes.
For Raag Bilaaval
The raag's reassurance holds even the honest confession of being pulled off course.
Translation Notes
SSK reads patit sang and rank as the company of sinners and a poor beggar. These are rendered as getting wrapped up and coming empty-handed: no person condemned, and self-abasement turned to empty-handedness.
Last updated: 2026-07-08