O Keeper of the world, this is my aartee — and here, plainly, are the everyday things I bring to You, as to family.
The Arc
Dhannaa, a Jat farmer, calls his whole devotion an aartee and trusts the One to arrange the affairs of the devoted (the Rahao). Then comes the shabad's disarming charm: a list of homely wants — lentils, flour, ghee, shoes, clothes, grain, a cow, a buffalo, a fine horse, a loving companion for the home. Far from crude, the plain list is a picture of complete, childlike trust: nothing is too ordinary to bring to the One.
Key Vocabulary
gopaal: Keeper of the world
aartaa: aartee, the worship of lights
kaaj savaartaa: arranges their affairs
maaga-o: I ask
geehan: companion of the home
layvai mangee: simply asks and receives
Themes and Cross-Connections
Intimacy with the Divine as with family; the humblest daily life brought openly to the One; trust that one is provided for. Connects to philosophy.md's "The Farmer and the Field" and "The Sacred Everyday," and to grace-as-provision.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
The raag of longing turned homeward — the beloved One trusted with the whole of ordinary life.
Translation Notes
This is the "asking" shabad (||2||4||), not the separate Dhannaa hymn "Dhannaa the Jat has met the Lord." maaga-o ("beg") is rendered as open-hearted asking, not begging. The domestic image (ghar kee geehan, "wife of the house") is rendered warmly and respectfully as "a loving partner for the home" for young readers.
O Keeper of the world, this is my aartee — and here, plainly, are the everyday things I bring to You, as to family.
The Arc
Dhannaa, a Jat farmer, calls his whole devotion an aartee and trusts the One to arrange the affairs of the devoted (the Rahao). Then comes the shabad's disarming charm: a list of homely wants — lentils, flour, ghee, shoes, clothes, grain, a cow, a buffalo, a fine horse, a loving companion for the home. Far from crude, the plain list is a picture of complete, childlike trust: nothing is too ordinary to bring to the One.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Intimacy with the Divine as with family; the humblest daily life brought openly to the One; trust that one is provided for. Connects to philosophy.md's "The Farmer and the Field" and "The Sacred Everyday," and to grace-as-provision.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
The raag of longing turned homeward — the beloved One trusted with the whole of ordinary life.
Translation Notes
This is the "asking" shabad (||2||4||), not the separate Dhannaa hymn "Dhannaa the Jat has met the Lord." maaga-o ("beg") is rendered as open-hearted asking, not begging. The domestic image (ghar kee geehan, "wife of the house") is rendered warmly and respectfully as "a loving partner for the home" for young readers.