Do not blame the One; even the moon, the lord of three worlds, and the ocean carry the past — so I hold the Name and am carried forward.
The Arc
Trilochan builds a six-fold litany from the Puranic world — the moon's marks, the sun's charioteer, the lord of three worlds, the salt ocean, the mighty helper's plain cloth — each a figure of greatness who still bore the traces of what came before. The Rahao sets the theme: do not blame the Divine for your troubles; deeds carry their own results. The final verse turns: since the past cannot be un-done, the poet holds the Name — not to erase the past but to be carried beyond its weight.
Key Vocabulary
naaraa-in nindas: to blame the Divine
karam: deeds and their results
kalank: mark, stain
tribhavan naath: lord of the three worlds
poorbalo krit karam: the deeds of the past
jaapee-alay raam chay naamang: I hold the Name of the One
Themes and Cross-Connections
Owning one's own part; grace as being carried forward, not as erasure; greatness and humble station coexisting (the mighty helper's cloth) — echoing the Bhagat theme that worth is not rank. Connects to "Grace received, not earned" and the project's karma lens.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
The raag of longing meets the honest weight of consequence, answered by the Name.
Translation Notes
(1) Puranic figures (Shiva, the moon, the ocean-churning, the helper Hanuman) are rendered respectfully as shared cultural imagery, never mocked. (2) bhoolee gavaaree ("foolish, deluded woman") is rendered as gentle self-address ("O my own heart"), per wellbeing care. (3) The karma theme is kept in the register of personal agency — one's own choices — NOT "you deserved your suffering"; the redemptive close (the Name carries you forward) is foregrounded. (4) Bodily and violent source details (Aruna's lameness, the deed against Brahma) are set aside gently, not restaged.
Do not blame the One; even the moon, the lord of three worlds, and the ocean carry the past — so I hold the Name and am carried forward.
The Arc
Trilochan builds a six-fold litany from the Puranic world — the moon's marks, the sun's charioteer, the lord of three worlds, the salt ocean, the mighty helper's plain cloth — each a figure of greatness who still bore the traces of what came before. The Rahao sets the theme: do not blame the Divine for your troubles; deeds carry their own results. The final verse turns: since the past cannot be un-done, the poet holds the Name — not to erase the past but to be carried beyond its weight.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Owning one's own part; grace as being carried forward, not as erasure; greatness and humble station coexisting (the mighty helper's cloth) — echoing the Bhagat theme that worth is not rank. Connects to "Grace received, not earned" and the project's karma lens.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
The raag of longing meets the honest weight of consequence, answered by the Name.
Translation Notes
(1) Puranic figures (Shiva, the moon, the ocean-churning, the helper Hanuman) are rendered respectfully as shared cultural imagery, never mocked. (2) bhoolee gavaaree ("foolish, deluded woman") is rendered as gentle self-address ("O my own heart"), per wellbeing care. (3) The karma theme is kept in the register of personal agency — one's own choices — NOT "you deserved your suffering"; the redemptive close (the Name carries you forward) is foregrounded. (4) Bodily and violent source details (Aruna's lameness, the deed against Brahma) are set aside gently, not restaged.