Sing and cross the wide water, live by listening, be pulled from the fire of wanting, feel the knot come loose, and trust that everything rests in kind hands.
The Arc
The shabad is a crossing. It opens with praise carrying the singer over the world-ocean, and the Rahau makes deep listening the source of life itself. The verses tell of rescue from the fire of endless craving, the knot of doubt and clinging coming loose, and the close resting in the trust that all agency is one — with total peace found in good company.
Key Vocabulary
ih saagar tarai: crossing the world-ocean by praise
sun sun jeevai: living by hearing — deep listening as life
agan saagar: the ocean of fire — endless craving, quenched
silak bharam moh: the knot of doubt and clinging, loosened
sabh prabh kai haath: everything held in one pair of hands
Themes and Cross-Connections
Suniai as life (sun sun jeevai) sits beside Naam as cooling water: hearing wakes you, the Name quenches you. The close, that all is in one pair of hands, echoes the batch's steady trust in the flow of existence.
For Raag Bilaaval
Bilaaval carries a settled joy here — the ache lifted, the knot loosed, peace found not in escape but in company.
Sing and cross the wide water, live by listening, be pulled from the fire of wanting, feel the knot come loose, and trust that everything rests in kind hands.
The Arc
The shabad is a crossing. It opens with praise carrying the singer over the world-ocean, and the Rahau makes deep listening the source of life itself. The verses tell of rescue from the fire of endless craving, the knot of doubt and clinging coming loose, and the close resting in the trust that all agency is one — with total peace found in good company.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Suniai as life (sun sun jeevai) sits beside Naam as cooling water: hearing wakes you, the Name quenches you. The close, that all is in one pair of hands, echoes the batch's steady trust in the flow of existence.
For Raag Bilaaval
Bilaaval carries a settled joy here — the ache lifted, the knot loosed, peace found not in escape but in company.
Last updated: 2026-07-08