Through the teaching, an unstruck music begins to sound and the mind sings along -- and soaked in the One's essence, the soul is filled and never hungry again.
The Arc
Pauri 0: through the teaching the unstruck music resounds and the mind sings; by good fortune, the Guru's darshan. The Rahao (Pauri 1): the Gurmukh is lovingly centered on the One. Pauri 2: my mind longs to serve; I would wash the Guru's feet, who speaks the Word. Pauri 3: the teaching in my heart, the One the source of nectar; my mind drenched, never hungry again. Pauri 4 closes: people try all sorts of things, but without mercy the Name is not obtained; by mercy I have enshrined the Name.
Key Vocabulary
Anhad Shabad: the unstruck music resounding through the teaching
Gurmukh: the one lovingly centered on the One
washing the feet: humble, concrete service of the one who speaks the Word
never hungry again: the shabad's image for being filled with the One's love
Themes and Cross-Connections
The closing shabad of Guru Ram Das's Gauree reaches the Anhad Shabad -- the unstruck music heard through the teaching -- and ends on Har Ras: soaked in the essence, the soul is filled and never hungry again. Its final word is the project's keynote: however many efforts are made, the Name is not obtained without grace; it comes by mercy (Gurprasad).
For Raag Gauree
Gauree Poorbee closes Mehl 4 in music and fullness. From the unstruck melody to the soul that will never hunger again, the shabad gathers Ram Das's devotion into a single note -- and seals it, fittingly, with grace having the first and last word.
Through the teaching, an unstruck music begins to sound and the mind sings along -- and soaked in the One's essence, the soul is filled and never hungry again.
The Arc
Pauri 0: through the teaching the unstruck music resounds and the mind sings; by good fortune, the Guru's darshan. The Rahao (Pauri 1): the Gurmukh is lovingly centered on the One. Pauri 2: my mind longs to serve; I would wash the Guru's feet, who speaks the Word. Pauri 3: the teaching in my heart, the One the source of nectar; my mind drenched, never hungry again. Pauri 4 closes: people try all sorts of things, but without mercy the Name is not obtained; by mercy I have enshrined the Name.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The closing shabad of Guru Ram Das's Gauree reaches the Anhad Shabad -- the unstruck music heard through the teaching -- and ends on Har Ras: soaked in the essence, the soul is filled and never hungry again. Its final word is the project's keynote: however many efforts are made, the Name is not obtained without grace; it comes by mercy (Gurprasad).
For Raag Gauree
Gauree Poorbee closes Mehl 4 in music and fullness. From the unstruck melody to the soul that will never hunger again, the shabad gathers Ram Das's devotion into a single note -- and seals it, fittingly, with grace having the first and last word.