Let the world's applause go up in smoke; when kindness opens the heart, the five loosen their grip, the heart lights up, and everything cools and soothes.
The Arc
A Chau-Pada. It opens tossing the world's honors into the fire, preferring the words that bring one close to the Beloved. The Rahau names grace opening devotion and the clinging desires set down with the guide. The verses offer everything for a moment's closeness, free the heart from the inner five, and end with body and mind cooled and soothed.
Key Vocabulary
baisantar paaga-o: cast into the fire — the world's honors, let go
baasnaa: clinging desires, set down in good company
sohaag: union — a moment's closeness worth more than all wealth
panch: the five inner impulses (lust, anger, greed, attachment, ego)
seetal: cooled — the signature relief of Bilaaval
Themes and Cross-Connections
The shabad moves from renouncing applause, through the heart's turning by grace, to illumination and coolness. The five (panch) are released, not battled to the death. The soul-bride image at the close is rendered inclusively.
For Raag Bilaaval
It ends exactly where Bilaaval is happiest — in seetal, the coolness that follows a broken fever: body and mind settled, calm and easy.
Translation Notes
The literal closes with the soul-bride (sohaagan) obtaining her Husband Lord; this is rendered inclusively, and the mark of destiny on the brow is read as grace, not merit.
Let the world's applause go up in smoke; when kindness opens the heart, the five loosen their grip, the heart lights up, and everything cools and soothes.
The Arc
A Chau-Pada. It opens tossing the world's honors into the fire, preferring the words that bring one close to the Beloved. The Rahau names grace opening devotion and the clinging desires set down with the guide. The verses offer everything for a moment's closeness, free the heart from the inner five, and end with body and mind cooled and soothed.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The shabad moves from renouncing applause, through the heart's turning by grace, to illumination and coolness. The five (panch) are released, not battled to the death. The soul-bride image at the close is rendered inclusively.
For Raag Bilaaval
It ends exactly where Bilaaval is happiest — in seetal, the coolness that follows a broken fever: body and mind settled, calm and easy.
Translation Notes
The literal closes with the soul-bride (sohaagan) obtaining her Husband Lord; this is rendered inclusively, and the mark of destiny on the brow is read as grace, not merit.
Last updated: 2026-07-08