You are all-powerful, at all times; You show me the Way; I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to You.
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Praiseworthy One, giver of deep peace, made of mercy, one endless One — your place is so beautiful.
This one says: the One is beautiful, and so is its home.
This verse is one bright line of praise. It piles up names for the One: praiseworthy, giver of deep peace, full of mercy, endless. karunaa mai ek ana(n)t — made of mercy, the one endless One. And it ends on beauty: anoopai Thaau — your place is beautiful beyond compare.
This raag began by calling on mohan, the Enchanter. Here near its end, the Guru is still enchanted by the loveliness of the One and its "place." That place is the true home inside us. Gurbani says a music plays there that no instrument makes, called the unstruck melody.
The deepest note of this raag has always been beauty. Not fear, and not duty, but the loveliness of the One that draws the heart. Think of standing still at a sunset, just looking. Guru Arjan is simply gazing here, naming what he sees. And what he sees is beautiful.
What's the difference between being drawn to something because it's beautiful and being pushed toward it out of fear or duty?
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