The ache to see the One's feet, and the prayer never to forget (rahau); humility burning off craving and anger, bringing peace (v.1); the treasure of the Name hugged close (v.2).
Key Vocabulary
viraha / longing — the raag's keynote, here asking only for steady remembrance.
kaam, krodh — craving and anger, burned by humility (Panch Vikaar).
hirdai basaaee / enshrine in the heart — the intimate, physical holding of the Name.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Humility-starves-the-passions links to Panch Vikaar and to B00C3031's descent-below-ego. The prayer-not-to-forget links to Naam (remembrance) and to the "asleep/awake" motif. Treasure-hugged-close is the raag's intimacy at its warmest.
For Raag Devgandhaari
Concentrates the raag's tenderness: longing that asks only to keep remembering, and a treasure held not at a distance but against the heart.
"I hug it close, and enshrine it in my heart."
The Arc
The ache to see the One's feet, and the prayer never to forget (rahau); humility burning off craving and anger, bringing peace (v.1); the treasure of the Name hugged close (v.2).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Humility-starves-the-passions links to Panch Vikaar and to B00C3031's descent-below-ego. The prayer-not-to-forget links to Naam (remembrance) and to the "asleep/awake" motif. Treasure-hugged-close is the raag's intimacy at its warmest.
For Raag Devgandhaari
Concentrates the raag's tenderness: longing that asks only to keep remembering, and a treasure held not at a distance but against the heart.