Joy fills a whole household at once, tangled affairs are quietly set right, and the inner blossoming spills out as a world turned green.
The Arc
The shabad opens with bliss brought to all and a whole family blossoming. The Rahau names the guide resolving one's affairs, with a father's blessing of long life on Hargobind. The close widens outward — woods, meadows, the three worlds turning green, the heart's true wishes at rest.
Key Vocabulary
sagal anand: bliss brought to all, never private
birad: the One's own nature, kept faithfully
bigsay sabh parvaaria: the whole family blossoms
har gobind: Hargobind — Guru Arjan's son, blessed with long life
van tarin tribhavan hariaa: woods, meadows, the three worlds turned green
Themes and Cross-Connections
Joy here is emphatically shared — a household, a family, a whole living world in bloom. The naming of Hargobind roots the shabad in Guru Arjan's own life: a father's tender blessing woven into a hymn of universal joy.
For Raag Bilaaval
The greening world (hariaa) is Bilaaval's brightness made visible: inner peace overflowing as everything alive and fresh.
Translation Notes
The reference to Hargobind is historical — Guru Arjan's son — and is carried in the Deeper Layer rather than the children's section.
Joy fills a whole household at once, tangled affairs are quietly set right, and the inner blossoming spills out as a world turned green.
The Arc
The shabad opens with bliss brought to all and a whole family blossoming. The Rahau names the guide resolving one's affairs, with a father's blessing of long life on Hargobind. The close widens outward — woods, meadows, the three worlds turning green, the heart's true wishes at rest.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Joy here is emphatically shared — a household, a family, a whole living world in bloom. The naming of Hargobind roots the shabad in Guru Arjan's own life: a father's tender blessing woven into a hymn of universal joy.
For Raag Bilaaval
The greening world (hariaa) is Bilaaval's brightness made visible: inner peace overflowing as everything alive and fresh.
Translation Notes
The reference to Hargobind is historical — Guru Arjan's son — and is carried in the Deeper Layer rather than the children's section.
Last updated: 2026-07-08