"With each and every breath, I meditate in remembrance on my God; I live continually in the Society of the Saints."
The Arc
The one desire — to be the servant of the good (Pauri0, carrying Pause and first block); remembrance on every breath, the Name as sole wealth yielding joy (Pauri2). (Files: Pauri0 and Pauri2.)
Key Vocabulary
amrit vela / early hours — the ambrosial pre-dawn of deepest practice.
saas saas / with each breath — simran woven into respiration (see Naam).
anand / joy — the unconditioned joy of the Name (see Anand).
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Wish only for good company" is the raag's clearest Sat Sangat statement. Breath-by-breath remembrance links to Naam-as-breath (B00C3034, 3047). Name-as-only-wealth links to The Merchant of the Name.
For Raag Devgandhaari
Distills the raag's whole desire into one line: nearness to the good. And its whole practice into one measure: the breath.
"With each and every breath, I meditate in remembrance on my God; I live continually in the Society of the Saints."
The Arc
The one desire — to be the servant of the good (Pauri0, carrying Pause and first block); remembrance on every breath, the Name as sole wealth yielding joy (Pauri2). (Files: Pauri0 and Pauri2.)
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Wish only for good company" is the raag's clearest Sat Sangat statement. Breath-by-breath remembrance links to Naam-as-breath (B00C3034, 3047). Name-as-only-wealth links to The Merchant of the Name.
For Raag Devgandhaari
Distills the raag's whole desire into one line: nearness to the good. And its whole practice into one measure: the breath.