Good company lightens old mistakes just by being the kind of company it is.
The Arc
The closing shabad of Guru Arjan's Gond chaupade set, returning to good company.
P0 (v1) — deep gratitude for good people; near them, old mistakes lift.
P1 (rahau) — keep the One in mind and nothing can finally block your way.
P2 (v2) — clear out craving and the One settles in like a jewel come home.
P3 (v3) — a worthwhile life is a sleeping heart finally waking.
P4 (v4) — the truest work is praise; the deepest peace is humble ground.
Key Vocabulary
santan kai balihaarai — 'a sacrifice to the good'; rendered as deep gratitude. bighan — obstacle; nothing that can finally stop you. raam ratan — the One as a jewel settling into a cleared heart. so-i-aa jaagai — 'the sleeper wakes'; devotion as awakening. jan dhoor / sach vaapaar — the dust of the humble / the true trade.
Themes and Cross-Connections
As the set's close, it gathers Gond's recurring convictions — good company, obstacles that cannot finally block you, and humility as the ground of peace. The jewel-image (P2) is precise: the One does not arrive until craving's clutter has quietly gone. And the waking-image (P3) reframes devotion not as effort but as coming to — opening the eyes on what was always there.
For Raag Gond
Gond's chaupade block ends where it is happiest: in the humble dust of good, loving company — the raag's home key.
Good company lightens old mistakes just by being the kind of company it is.
The Arc
The closing shabad of Guru Arjan's Gond chaupade set, returning to good company.
Key Vocabulary
santan kai balihaarai — 'a sacrifice to the good'; rendered as deep gratitude. bighan — obstacle; nothing that can finally stop you. raam ratan — the One as a jewel settling into a cleared heart. so-i-aa jaagai — 'the sleeper wakes'; devotion as awakening. jan dhoor / sach vaapaar — the dust of the humble / the true trade.
Themes and Cross-Connections
As the set's close, it gathers Gond's recurring convictions — good company, obstacles that cannot finally block you, and humility as the ground of peace. The jewel-image (P2) is precise: the One does not arrive until craving's clutter has quietly gone. And the waking-image (P3) reframes devotion not as effort but as coming to — opening the eyes on what was always there.
For Raag Gond
Gond's chaupade block ends where it is happiest: in the humble dust of good, loving company — the raag's home key.
Last updated: 2026-07-09