Raag Goojaree
Commentary

Raag Goojaree, Fifth Mehl (Guru Arjan)

A ruined name restored, death's fear lifted, honor placed where it's safe.

The Arc

Grace erases a bad reputation and lifts the fear of death, turning the last journey into a homecoming (P0). The Pause line reassures that a One-oriented life is never wasted motion (P1). And the close pairs trust — "whatever You give, I receive" — with handing one's honor into safe keeping (P2).

Key Vocabulary

  • "bad reputation is erased" — grace repairing the social wound of a broken name (P0).
  • "works do not go in vain" — the reassurance that sincere effort counts (P1).
  • "whatever You give, that I receive" — acceptance without bargaining (P2).

Themes and Cross-Connections

"Honor kept by the One" (P2) recurs across the block (B00C1060, B00C1062) — dignity placed beyond the world's fickle opinion. Death-fear lifted "in an instant" (P0) is the block's grace-acts-quickly note. "Efforts never wasted" (P1) answers a universal anxiety with quiet confidence.

For Raag Goojaree

Two of the deepest human wounds — a damaged name and the fear of dying — healed by one grace, which then takes even our honor into safekeeping.

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