A father's thanksgiving for a healed child — one of scripture's tenderest human moments.
The Arc
The shabad opens (on its Pause line) with the One as keeper of honor and healer — the Name as medicine, all afflictions lifted (P0). It names the recovery plainly: Har Gobind is kept safe, "the disease is over, there is joy all around" (P1). And it widens the single healing into the growing, unshakeable foundation of the teaching (P2).
Key Vocabulary
Har Gobind — Guru Arjan's son, healed of illness; later the sixth Guru (P1).
"medicine of the Name" — healing imagery central to the raag (P0).
"immovable foundation... higher each day" — the lineage as a durable, rising good (P2).
Themes and Cross-Connections
This is Goojaree's most personal landmark — traditionally Guru Arjan's thanksgiving at his son's recovery, a companion to his Aasaa "birth of a child" shabads (B00C826/827, associated with Hargobind's birth). "The Name as medicine" (P0) recurs at B00C1068. The mood is thanksgiving, not petition — gratitude turned to praise.
Translation Notes
P1Har Gobind is a proper name here (Guru Arjan's son), not a generic epithet; the traditional occasion is the child's recovery from serious illness — handled as a tender thanksgiving.
For Raag Goojaree
A window into the human life behind the hymns: a parent's relief at a healed child, made into praise, and folded into the confidence of a foundation that keeps rising.
A father's thanksgiving for a healed child — one of scripture's tenderest human moments.
The Arc
The shabad opens (on its Pause line) with the One as keeper of honor and healer — the Name as medicine, all afflictions lifted (P0). It names the recovery plainly: Har Gobind is kept safe, "the disease is over, there is joy all around" (P1). And it widens the single healing into the growing, unshakeable foundation of the teaching (P2).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
This is Goojaree's most personal landmark — traditionally Guru Arjan's thanksgiving at his son's recovery, a companion to his Aasaa "birth of a child" shabads (B00C826/827, associated with Hargobind's birth). "The Name as medicine" (P0) recurs at B00C1068. The mood is thanksgiving, not petition — gratitude turned to praise.
Translation Notes
For Raag Goojaree
A window into the human life behind the hymns: a parent's relief at a healed child, made into praise, and folded into the confidence of a foundation that keeps rising.