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Raag Goojaree

The Commentary

Goojaree begins with Guru Nanak taking the largest ruler the old cosmology owned — the creator-god Brahma, born of the world-lotus, singing the Vedas in a flawless voice — and showing it cannot reach the One (P0). From that humbling comes the Pause line's pivot: stop measuring, start loving; the Beloved is the support of your very breath (P1). The middle verses relocate everything inward — sun and moon are mere lamps of one ego-dissolving light (P2); even famous meditators stay at war until an inner light settles them (P3) — before the close turns un-measurability from Brahma's frustration into the soul's safety: what cannot be grasped can still be merged into, by mercy (P4).

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Contents

Guru Nanak (Mehl 1)

Guru Amar Das (Mehl 3)

Guru Ram Das (Mehl 4)

Guru Arjan (Mehl 5)

Naam Dayv Ji

Ravi Daas Ji

Trilochan Ji

Jai Dayv Ji

Guru Tegh Bahadur (Mehl 9)