A homecoming song: the One who sent you has called you back — come home in peace, your troubles behind you; stand steady, for the Maker has worked a true wonder.
The Arc
This is one of Gurbani's tenderest homecoming shabads. The Root Song calls the soul back to its home in peace, singing until a steady inner music becomes an everlasting kingdom. The verses reassure — the hard times are past, the exhausting running stops, home fills with celebration; stay steady on the teacher's word and a glad welcome greets you everywhere. The close names it all a wonder worked by the Maker, who turns each heart homeward Himself.
Key Vocabulary
jin tum bhayjay tineh bulaa-ay: the One who sent you has called you home
sukh sahj sayti ghar aa-o: come home in peace and ease
apdaa bha-ee biteet: the trouble has passed
naasan bhaajan thaakay: the running and rushing is over
asthir rahhu: stay steady
achraj... karnaihaarai: a wonder worked by the Maker
Themes and Cross-Connections
The homecoming frame — sent out, then lovingly recalled — is a beautiful expression of the soul's return to its source, and sahj (natural ease) sits at its center, exactly as philosophy.md describes the aligned soul at home in itself. That the One turns the heart homeward Himself keeps the movement squarely within grace received, not earned.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
Dhanaasaree, the raag of longing and separation, here resolves its ache completely: the wanderer is called home, the running stops, and the reunion is celebrated as a true and lasting wonder.
A homecoming song: the One who sent you has called you back — come home in peace, your troubles behind you; stand steady, for the Maker has worked a true wonder.
The Arc
This is one of Gurbani's tenderest homecoming shabads. The Root Song calls the soul back to its home in peace, singing until a steady inner music becomes an everlasting kingdom. The verses reassure — the hard times are past, the exhausting running stops, home fills with celebration; stay steady on the teacher's word and a glad welcome greets you everywhere. The close names it all a wonder worked by the Maker, who turns each heart homeward Himself.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The homecoming frame — sent out, then lovingly recalled — is a beautiful expression of the soul's return to its source, and sahj (natural ease) sits at its center, exactly as philosophy.md describes the aligned soul at home in itself. That the One turns the heart homeward Himself keeps the movement squarely within grace received, not earned.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
Dhanaasaree, the raag of longing and separation, here resolves its ache completely: the wanderer is called home, the running stops, and the reunion is celebrated as a true and lasting wonder.
Last updated: 2026-07-08