You are kept safe the way a parent keeps a small child safe.
The Arc
A shabad of parental tenderness and healing.
P0 (v1) — the One keeps you safe as a parent guards a small child; every being is blessed.
P1 (rahau) — step into the always-open shelter; gladness stays steady.
P2 (v2) — no one else is this kind; it is the One's very nature to lift people up.
P3 (v3) — remembrance is medicine for a million troubles, and the truest mantra.
P4 (v4) — reflection is the greatest treasure; grace wipes the slate clean.
Key Vocabulary
baalak raakh lee-ay — 'saved His child'; the parental-protection image. bakhsind — the one who forgives / blesses all. birad — innate nature, standing habit; mercy is what the One is. a-ukhadh — medicine; remembrance as cure. patit paavan — 'lifter of the fallen'; rendered as restoration, not shame.
Themes and Cross-Connections
This is one of Gurbani's most comforting shabads: the divine as protector-parent, not judge. The medicine-theme (a-ukhadh kot) is central to Gond, and here it is joined to the tenderest reassurance in the set. The universality of jee-a jant saglay bakhsind — all beings blessed, none excluded — foregrounds the project's inclusivity.
For Raag Gond
Deepens Gond's healing register: the raag as the sound of a child kept safe and a wound quietly closing.
You are kept safe the way a parent keeps a small child safe.
The Arc
A shabad of parental tenderness and healing.
Key Vocabulary
baalak raakh lee-ay — 'saved His child'; the parental-protection image. bakhsind — the one who forgives / blesses all. birad — innate nature, standing habit; mercy is what the One is. a-ukhadh — medicine; remembrance as cure. patit paavan — 'lifter of the fallen'; rendered as restoration, not shame.
Themes and Cross-Connections
This is one of Gurbani's most comforting shabads: the divine as protector-parent, not judge. The medicine-theme (a-ukhadh kot) is central to Gond, and here it is joined to the tenderest reassurance in the set. The universality of jee-a jant saglay bakhsind — all beings blessed, none excluded — foregrounds the project's inclusivity.
For Raag Gond
Deepens Gond's healing register: the raag as the sound of a child kept safe and a wound quietly closing.
Last updated: 2026-07-09