"With every breath and morsel of food, he chants the Lord's Name."
The Arc
Swimming across by remembrance and grace, given to the humble (rahau); the jewel of human life kept safe, whole generations saved (v.1); remembrance on breath and food, the grateful self-giving (v.2).
Key Vocabulary
tarai / swims across — the ocean crossed by grace, not strength.
maanak / jewel of human life — the rare, precious birth (cf. Aasaa "human body won").
kul / generations saved — goodness rippling through a family line.
saas giraas / breath and food — utterly continuous remembrance (see Naam).
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Jewel of human life" links to Aasaa B00C754/790 (the body as one's chance). Saving-generations links to Gauree B00C290 (21 generations saved). Breath-and-food remembrance links to Naam-as-breath (B00C3034, 3047, 3052).
For Raag Devgandhaari
Gathers the raag's continuous-remembrance thread to its fullest measure (breath and food) and widens the fruit of one turned life to a whole lineage. A fitting close to this run of Guru Arjan's shabads.
"With every breath and morsel of food, he chants the Lord's Name."
The Arc
Swimming across by remembrance and grace, given to the humble (rahau); the jewel of human life kept safe, whole generations saved (v.1); remembrance on breath and food, the grateful self-giving (v.2).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Jewel of human life" links to Aasaa B00C754/790 (the body as one's chance). Saving-generations links to Gauree B00C290 (21 generations saved). Breath-and-food remembrance links to Naam-as-breath (B00C3034, 3047, 3052).
For Raag Devgandhaari
Gathers the raag's continuous-remembrance thread to its fullest measure (breath and food) and widens the fruit of one turned life to a whole lineage. A fitting close to this run of Guru Arjan's shabads.