Carry me across — I cannot swim on my own; just reach out Your arm, and set me where all who trusted Your Name now stand.
The Arc
A short three-part shabad: a cry for help, its answer, and a settled hope.
The Rahau (P0) the cry: carry me across, I do not know how to swim — Beloved Father, give me Your arm.
P1 the answer: an ordinary person is lifted in an instant; the teacher's medicine opens the sky.
P2 the settled hope: set me where those stand who leaned their whole weight on the Name — so many have been carried.
Key Vocabulary
taar lay — carry me across.
baap beethulaa — Beloved Father, a tender name for the One.
ajaan jan — one who does not know the way; carried as honest empty-handedness.
avkhadh — the medicine (the Name, the Guru's teaching).
naam avilamb — the support of the Name.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Empty-handed trust as the beginning of grace: asking for the arm is itself the start of crossing. The transformation nar tay sur is quick because grace was always near. Ties to philosophy.md on Gurprasad — grace received, not earned, always already here.
For Raag Gond
The raag's calling warmth suits a shabad that is one long, tender reaching-out.
Translation Notes
Redemption figures abstracted: the P2 references (Dhroo, Naarad) are rendered as all those who leaned their whole weight on the Name and were carried — the pattern of trust foregrounded over the specific legend, per block policy.
ajaan jan carried as honest, empty-handed trust, not self-abasement.
Carry me across — I cannot swim on my own; just reach out Your arm, and set me where all who trusted Your Name now stand.
The Arc
A short three-part shabad: a cry for help, its answer, and a settled hope.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Empty-handed trust as the beginning of grace: asking for the arm is itself the start of crossing. The transformation nar tay sur is quick because grace was always near. Ties to philosophy.md on Gurprasad — grace received, not earned, always already here.
For Raag Gond
The raag's calling warmth suits a shabad that is one long, tender reaching-out.
Translation Notes
Last updated: 2026-07-09