Raag Bilaaval
Commentary

Raag Bilaaval, Du-Pada, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan)

Heaviness lifts without a struggle, peace comes home to stay, and two hungers are fed — the body's fill and the soul's Name — under safe keeping.

The Arc

The Rahau names the illness gone — the One took it away — and peaceful poise arriving home. The verse invites everyone to eat their fill and to hold the nectar-Name in the heart. The close rests in the shelter of the complete guide, honor kept safe.

Key Vocabulary

  • rog ga-i-aa: the illness gone, taken away by the One
  • sukh sahj ghar aa-i-aa: natural ease come home
  • raj raj bhojan: eat fully, to satisfaction
  • amrit naam: the nectar-Name, held in the heart
  • paij: honor, kept in good keeping

Themes and Cross-Connections

Two hungers stand side by side: the body's fill and the soul's Name — one fed with food, one with remembrance. Peace here is something that returns home, not something wrestled into place.

For Raag Bilaaval

Bilaaval's ease is explicit — sahaj arriving home, sleep coming, a settled calm that needed no fight.


Last updated: 2026-07-08

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