The closing shabad of the folder: the unknowable One who plays every role — so cast off doubt and rest at its feet.
(Filed in the 06-Raag-Goojaree folder, which spans into Raag Devgandhaari and the first Bihaagraa shabads.)
The Arc
The great humbling — no one, however expert, knows the One's state (P0); the One overturns all fortunes in an instant, filling the empty and emptying the full (P1); the non-dual climax — the One spread out the play of Maya, plays every role, and yet stays the untouched witness (P2); and the final counsel of the whole folder — cast off all doubt and fix your attention on the One's feet (P3).
Key Vocabulary
"no one knows the state of the Lord" — the humbling that ends all spiritual pride (P0).
beggar/king overturned — no condition secure or final; the wheel in the One's hand (P1).
"He Himself beholds it... remains detached" — the One as both actor and unmoved witness (P2).
"cast off all your doubts" — the whole teaching resolved into one humble act of trust (P3).
Themes and Cross-Connections
This closing shabad gathers the raag's signatures: the unknowable One (B00C1049, B00C1130), the overturning of all status (B00C1056), and the non-dual vision of the One playing every role (B00C1080 P65, B00C1077 One-Thread). Its final counsel — drop doubt, rest at the feet — is the practical upshot of the entire folder, in Guru Tegh Bahadur's calm voice.
For Raag Bihaagraa / Goojaree
The last word of the whole 06-folder is a homecoming: after all the wonder and humbling, the immense and the unknowable, the teaching resolves into a child's simple act — set down the doubts, and rest your attention on the One.
The closing shabad of the folder: the unknowable One who plays every role — so cast off doubt and rest at its feet.
(Filed in the 06-Raag-Goojaree folder, which spans into Raag Devgandhaari and the first Bihaagraa shabads.)
The Arc
The great humbling — no one, however expert, knows the One's state (P0); the One overturns all fortunes in an instant, filling the empty and emptying the full (P1); the non-dual climax — the One spread out the play of Maya, plays every role, and yet stays the untouched witness (P2); and the final counsel of the whole folder — cast off all doubt and fix your attention on the One's feet (P3).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
This closing shabad gathers the raag's signatures: the unknowable One (B00C1049, B00C1130), the overturning of all status (B00C1056), and the non-dual vision of the One playing every role (B00C1080 P65, B00C1077 One-Thread). Its final counsel — drop doubt, rest at the feet — is the practical upshot of the entire folder, in Guru Tegh Bahadur's calm voice.
For Raag Bihaagraa / Goojaree
The last word of the whole 06-folder is a homecoming: after all the wonder and humbling, the immense and the unknowable, the teaching resolves into a child's simple act — set down the doubts, and rest your attention on the One.