117 Shabads · 464 Verses
Raag Dhanaasaree
The Commentary
This composition opens Raag Dhanaasaree and bundles two of Guru Nanak's shabads. The first (verses closing ||4||1||) begins with the Mool Mantar and a frightened soul's cry, to whom shall I call out?, answered immediately by the ever-fresh Giver; it moves through several pause-refrains, each leaning on the same trust: without the Beloved, how could I even live? The second shabad (closing ||5||2||) is a gentle memento mori: we are beings of a single breath, so wake, look at how short the days are, give the whole self back to the One it came from, and live free of the grasping ego while still fully alive.
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Guru Nanak (Mehl 1)
- Shabad 1Where Do I Turn When My Heart Is Afraid
- Shabad 2How Can I Even Begin To Remember You
- Shabad 3Grace First, Then Remembrance Flows
- Shabad 4The Restless Heart That Forgets Its Song
- Shabad 5A False Heart's Praise Means Nothing
- Shabad 6The Body Is Paper, The Mind Its Writing
- Shabad 7When The Holy Places Lose Their Heart
- Shabad 8The Whole Sky Is Your Lamp-Lit Worship
- Shabad 93The Ocean Full of Jewels
- Shabad 94Wherever I Look, Only the One
- Shabad 96The True Pilgrimage Is the Name
- Shabad 97I Live by Your Name
- Shabad 98The Beloved Is Right Beside You
Guru Amar Das (Mehl 3)
- Shabad 9The Wealth That Never Runs Out
- Shabad 10The Immaculate, Boundless Treasure
- Shabad 11Cherish The Name Kept Deep Within
- Shabad 12How Duality Clouds The World
- Shabad 13My Heart Bows To Those Who Serve
- Shabad 14Stilling The Restless, Wandering Mind
- Shabad 15The Wealth That Cannot Travel With You
- Shabad 16The Name Whose Worth Cannot Be Counted
- Shabad 17A Beggar at the Door of the Giver
Guru Ram Das (Mehl 4)
- Shabad 18Keep Me in the Company You Love
- Shabad 19When Fear and Doubt Run Away
- Shabad 20Whoever Listens Is Set Free
- Shabad 21How Can I Walk a Path I Cannot See
- Shabad 22The Song-Bird Crying for a Single Drop
- Shabad 23Remembrance Is the Boat That Crosses
- Shabad 24Hold the Heart-Enchanter Within
- Shabad 25Sing, Learn, and Serve — the Light Awaits
- Shabad 26Read Him, Write Him, Sing Him Across
- Shabad 27Even the Gods Long for Your Name
- Shabad 28All Come to Sing the Sublime Word
- Shabad 29The One Who Fulfills Every Wish
- Shabad 30You Alone Know the Pain Within Me
- Shabad 99Grace Lets the Heart Sing
Guru Arjan (Mehl 5)
- Shabad 31O Destroyer of Fear, Remover of Suffering
- Shabad 32The Fish and the Bee Show Us Love
- Shabad 33Grace Gave Me the Name and Set Me Free
- Shabad 34Since I Met the Holy, My Days Turned Bright
- Shabad 35All I Am Belongs to the One Who Listens
- Shabad 36Even the Greatest Kings Are Never Full
- Shabad 37Nothing We Chase Compares to This
- Shabad 38The Teacher Showed the Path Through the Dark
- Shabad 39Habits That Leave the Heart Smaller
- Shabad 40Small Service and a Heart That Sings
- Shabad 41The Pull of Illusion Over the Whole World
- Shabad 42You Cherish Me Every Single Moment
- Shabad 43Outward Acts Alone Do Not Reach the Heart
- Shabad 44Is There a Friend Who Can Steady My Heart
- Shabad 45The One Watches Over Those Who Love
- Shabad 46Now I Hold the One Who Heals
- Shabad 47I Have Fallen in Love With the One
- Shabad 48Your Name Is the Medicine
- Shabad 49By Myself I Can Do Nothing
- Shabad 50The Ship That Carries the Weary Across
- Shabad 51After Long Wandering, I Found the Teacher
- Shabad 52Loving What Cannot Stay
- Shabad 53The Name Is My Work and My Wealth
- Shabad 54Why Would You Be Afraid?
- Shabad 55At Home and Away, I Trust You
- Shabad 56Held Close, Carried Across
- Shabad 57Wherever I Look, You Are There
- Shabad 58Come Home in Peace
- Shabad 59Listen, Friends: This Is My Prayer
- Shabad 60The Best Thing to Ask For
- Shabad 61Remember the One, Again and Again
- Shabad 62He Is With Me Everywhere I Go
- Shabad 63Nectar Fills the Heart
- Shabad 64Where Each One Leans
- Shabad 65The Real Warrior
- Shabad 66Nothing Is Hidden From the One Who Sees Inside
- Shabad 67The Gift Written Within
- Shabad 68Eyes Made New
- Shabad 69Fed in Ways We Don't Even See
- Shabad 70Everything I Have, Gladly Given
- Shabad 71A Gift That Never Fades
- Shabad 72Chasing Mirages
- Shabad 73Cooled and Soothed
- Shabad 74Held Safe, Harm Undone
- Shabad 75A Hand Upon My Head
- Shabad 76Sheltered Through the Hard Hours
- Shabad 77The Pool of Nectar
- Shabad 78All Things Set Right
- Shabad 79The One Gift I Ask For
- Shabad 80Asking Only From the Source
- Shabad 81Where Thirst Is Quenched
- Shabad 82Held and Kept Safe
- Shabad 83Lift Me From the Well
- Shabad 84Peace That Follows You Everywhere
- Shabad 85I Bow, I Bow
- Shabad 86Fed by What Is Real
- Shabad 87The Guide's Feet Carry the Soul
- Shabad 88A Love Nothing Can Break
- Shabad 95Born Into the Tangle
- Shabad 100Sing in Good Company