Do not hunt for someone to blame — turn toward the One; and take whatever comes as good, and the mind walks free.
The Arc
The shabad opens redirecting blame into remembrance. The Rahau asks whom else one could turn to, meeting the seeker's faults with mercy. The verses rest in sahaj — as the One keeps me, so I am — and reach the freeing key: accepting whatever the One does as good liberates the mind. It closes asking for the grace to serve and to sing.
Key Vocabulary
dos na kaahoo deejee-ai: lay no blame — turn to the One instead
needhri-aa dhar: the support of the unsupported
jo tum karahu so-ee bhalaa: whatever You do is good — the accepting mind is free
muktaa: freed, liberated — here, the mind that accepts what is
Themes and Cross-Connections
Non-blame and acceptance are the heart of this shabad — close cousins of Mannai, inner alignment. To take what comes as good is not passive resignation but the active freedom of a mind that has stopped fighting reality.
For Raag Bilaaval
Bilaaval's calm here is the peace of the un-blaming, accepting heart — free because it is no longer at war with what is.
Do not hunt for someone to blame — turn toward the One; and take whatever comes as good, and the mind walks free.
The Arc
The shabad opens redirecting blame into remembrance. The Rahau asks whom else one could turn to, meeting the seeker's faults with mercy. The verses rest in sahaj — as the One keeps me, so I am — and reach the freeing key: accepting whatever the One does as good liberates the mind. It closes asking for the grace to serve and to sing.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Non-blame and acceptance are the heart of this shabad — close cousins of Mannai, inner alignment. To take what comes as good is not passive resignation but the active freedom of a mind that has stopped fighting reality.
For Raag Bilaaval
Bilaaval's calm here is the peace of the un-blaming, accepting heart — free because it is no longer at war with what is.
Last updated: 2026-07-08