Ask not for rescue but for company — that is where a person is lifted.
The Arc
The shabad honors the speech of the humble — words spoken for others' good, and trusting ears, become channels of grace (P0). The Pause line's one request is for company, spoken from inside rescue (P1). The Gurmukh's fortune is inner wealth resting on what holds (P2). The dark mirror — a driven, unaware life, its harsh animal-imagery softened (P3) — resolves in pure surrender: walk into the shelter and trust the kindness (P4).
Key Vocabulary
darshan — the living "sight" of the teaching, the free gift P3's unfortunate miss (P3).
Gurmukh — the fortunate one whose whole weight rests on the Name (P2).
"if it pleases You, save him" — surrender without bargaining (P4).
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Ask for company" (P1) develops the Sat Sangat ethic of B00C1032–1033: a person is lifted in good company, not alone. The honoring of helpful speech (P0) is distinctive — words as sacred infrastructure. The surrender close (P4) matches the raag's steady landing on mercy over merit (B00C1024 P4, B00C1032).
Translation Notes
P3 SSK's "dogs, pigs and jackasses" and "the worst of murderers" are rendered by the project as a driven, unaware, restless state — keeping the teaching (a life run by blind appetite suffers), dropping the slur-imagery, per the wellbeing/voice rules. The "Messenger of Death / cycle" is framed as time wearing down an unaware life, not a threat.
For Raag Goojaree
The raag's plea for fellowship: the deepest thing to want is to stand among those who help — and then, having asked, to rest in mercy.
Ask not for rescue but for company — that is where a person is lifted.
The Arc
The shabad honors the speech of the humble — words spoken for others' good, and trusting ears, become channels of grace (P0). The Pause line's one request is for company, spoken from inside rescue (P1). The Gurmukh's fortune is inner wealth resting on what holds (P2). The dark mirror — a driven, unaware life, its harsh animal-imagery softened (P3) — resolves in pure surrender: walk into the shelter and trust the kindness (P4).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Ask for company" (P1) develops the Sat Sangat ethic of B00C1032–1033: a person is lifted in good company, not alone. The honoring of helpful speech (P0) is distinctive — words as sacred infrastructure. The surrender close (P4) matches the raag's steady landing on mercy over merit (B00C1024 P4, B00C1032).
Translation Notes
For Raag Goojaree
The raag's plea for fellowship: the deepest thing to want is to stand among those who help — and then, having asked, to rest in mercy.