The teacher reunites the soul with the One it was long separated from, and lifts the worm from the dirt -- becoming father, mother, friend in one.
The Arc
Pauri 0: a constant ache for darshan, and gratitude to the Guru who reunited the long-separated soul. The Rahao (Pauri 1): I am a sinner at your door; shower mercy. Pauri 2: my faults are countless, but you forgive, and the Sangat saves. Pauri 3: wonder at the Guru's word; you are my father, mother, relative, friend. Pauri 4: I was rolling in the dirt, uncared for; in the Sangat the worm was raised up, and meeting the Guru ended all sorrow.
Key Vocabulary
viraha: the constant ache for the sight of the One
reunion: the Guru rejoining the long-separated soul to its source
Guru as family: father, mother, relative, friend in one
the worm raised up: the one who calls himself a worm, uncared-for, raised up in the Sangat
Themes and Cross-Connections
Pure viraha and reunion, with the Guru as family (cf. the Name as family) and the lifting of the self-described lowly worm through Sat Sangat. Honest self-seeing -- countless faults named without despair -- is the posture grace meets.
For Raag Gauree
Gauree Bairaagan's longing is at its most personal here. The movement from a worm in the dirt, uncared for, to one raised up and honored is the project's tenderest picture of how true company lifts the one no one cared for.
The teacher reunites the soul with the One it was long separated from, and lifts the worm from the dirt -- becoming father, mother, friend in one.
The Arc
Pauri 0: a constant ache for darshan, and gratitude to the Guru who reunited the long-separated soul. The Rahao (Pauri 1): I am a sinner at your door; shower mercy. Pauri 2: my faults are countless, but you forgive, and the Sangat saves. Pauri 3: wonder at the Guru's word; you are my father, mother, relative, friend. Pauri 4: I was rolling in the dirt, uncared for; in the Sangat the worm was raised up, and meeting the Guru ended all sorrow.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Pure viraha and reunion, with the Guru as family (cf. the Name as family) and the lifting of the self-described lowly worm through Sat Sangat. Honest self-seeing -- countless faults named without despair -- is the posture grace meets.
For Raag Gauree
Gauree Bairaagan's longing is at its most personal here. The movement from a worm in the dirt, uncared for, to one raised up and honored is the project's tenderest picture of how true company lifts the one no one cared for.