Har dhan — the wealth that never runs out, sung as a homecoming.
The Arc
The shabad is built on one glad refrain, har dhan, "the wealth of the One," recast over everything: song, silence, food (P0). The Pause line frames it as a homecoming told to a mother — a child returned "with a profit," the wealth carried in every posture (P1). The refrain turns ritual and survival into the one wealth — even the boat across the world-ocean (P2); its dividends are anxiety forgotten and the One held in the hands (P3); and its crowning property is that it is inexhaustible and travels beyond, dyeing the mind in love (P4).
Key Vocabulary
har dhan — "the wealth of the One"; the shabad's repeated refrain.
"returned home with a profit" — devotion as a joyful homecoming (P1).
"nine treasures" (naunidh) — the traditional total of all riches, folded into the One (P3).
"imbued / dyed" — rang, love as a color that won't wash out (P4).
Themes and Cross-Connections
The har dhan refrain is a Guru Arjan hallmark and the raag's most joyful expression of the "wealth that travels" (B00C1026 P3, B00C1035 P1). "The boat is the wealth you already treasure" (P2) reframes the world-ocean crossing as love, not technique. "Inexhaustible, grows as you spend it" (P4) is the signature difference between the Name and money.
For Raag Goojaree
Pure gladness in the raag of longing: the treasure has already been found, in good company, and it can be spent forever without running dry.
Har dhan — the wealth that never runs out, sung as a homecoming.
The Arc
The shabad is built on one glad refrain, har dhan, "the wealth of the One," recast over everything: song, silence, food (P0). The Pause line frames it as a homecoming told to a mother — a child returned "with a profit," the wealth carried in every posture (P1). The refrain turns ritual and survival into the one wealth — even the boat across the world-ocean (P2); its dividends are anxiety forgotten and the One held in the hands (P3); and its crowning property is that it is inexhaustible and travels beyond, dyeing the mind in love (P4).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The har dhan refrain is a Guru Arjan hallmark and the raag's most joyful expression of the "wealth that travels" (B00C1026 P3, B00C1035 P1). "The boat is the wealth you already treasure" (P2) reframes the world-ocean crossing as love, not technique. "Inexhaustible, grows as you spend it" (P4) is the signature difference between the Name and money.
For Raag Goojaree
Pure gladness in the raag of longing: the treasure has already been found, in good company, and it can be spent forever without running dry.