One kind look lifts the fog, and the small light folds back into the great Light — whole at last.
The Arc
The inner court where sorrow and fear do not reach (P0); the call to sing together into what never dies (P1); the wonder-struck moment of being taken by the hand (P2); and the merging of the small light into the great Light (P3).
Key Vocabulary
anhad — the unstruck inner music.
bisman bisam — utterly wonder-struck; vismaad.
darisat Dhaaree — the Glance of Grace.
jotee jot ralee — light merging in Light.
aap kartaa aap bhugtaa — the One as both Maker and Enjoyer.
Themes and Cross-Connections
An inner refuge safe from sorrow; communal devotion as joy; grace as one transforming look; and oneness (Ik Onkar) — the small self folding into the whole.
For Raag Bilaaval
The raag's brightness peaks here in wonder — vismaad, the awe at the very heart of Waheguru.
Translation Notes
The noose of Death (jam kee faasee) is rendered as being freed from what bound me with fear, dropping death-terror per wellbeing rules; rog sog... janam maran (P0) becomes a place sorrow and fear do not reach. Bhagat thag-uree (the drug of devotion) is rendered as the happy medicine of devotion — never framing devotion negatively.
One kind look lifts the fog, and the small light folds back into the great Light — whole at last.
The Arc
The inner court where sorrow and fear do not reach (P0); the call to sing together into what never dies (P1); the wonder-struck moment of being taken by the hand (P2); and the merging of the small light into the great Light (P3).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
An inner refuge safe from sorrow; communal devotion as joy; grace as one transforming look; and oneness (Ik Onkar) — the small self folding into the whole.
For Raag Bilaaval
The raag's brightness peaks here in wonder — vismaad, the awe at the very heart of Waheguru.
Translation Notes
The noose of Death (jam kee faasee) is rendered as being freed from what bound me with fear, dropping death-terror per wellbeing rules; rog sog... janam maran (P0) becomes a place sorrow and fear do not reach. Bhagat thag-uree (the drug of devotion) is rendered as the happy medicine of devotion — never framing devotion negatively.