Raag Devgandhaari
Commentary

Raag Devgandhaari, Shabad 28, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan)

"Whom should I serve? Whom should I worship? Whoever I see shall pass away."

The Arc

Longing and arrival — wandering ended at the saint (rahau); the piercing Sach-question (all visible things pass, so anchor to the imperishable) (v.1); honest confession and surrender dissolving harmful leanings (v.2).

Key Vocabulary

  • jo dekhaa so binas / "whoever I see shall pass away" — Sach's sharpest question (see philosophy.md).
  • na gun / "I have no virtue" — the ground cleared for grace, not self-hatred.
  • gur charan / falling at the feet — surrender doing what effort could not.

Themes and Cross-Connections

"All visible things pass" is Sach applied to attachment (cf. Gauree's beggar-king dream). Wandering-ended-at-the-saint links to B00C3041, 3053. Surrender-dissolves-inclinations links to grace-before-works.

For Raag Devgandhaari

Sharpens the raag's Sach teaching — don't anchor to the passing — and reaffirms its method: not knowing-the-way or being-virtuous, but falling at the feet.

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