Raag Goojaree
Commentary

Raag Goojaree, Fifth Mehl (Guru Arjan)

Set down the hollow busyness; be anchored and clear-sighted.

The Arc

A call to reorder life — say the Name, drop the hollow occupations (P0). Two gifts of the teaching: the Name as anchor, and a discriminating intellect that tells real from counterfeit (P1). And the close traces both liberation and worldly good to the humble dust of the feet of the good (P2).

Key Vocabulary

  • "false occupations" — hollow busyness, not honest work (P0).
  • "discriminating intellect" (bibek) — the trained eye for true vs. false (P1).
  • "Cause of causes" — the source behind all sources (P2).

Themes and Cross-Connections

The "discriminating intellect" (P1) is the raag's cognitive gift, kin to the swan's discernment (B00C1033). "Both liberation and worldly good from humility" (P2) is a bold practical claim, restating the block's anti-scheming ethic (B00C1043, B00C1050) — humility outperforms maneuvering.

For Raag Goojaree

Simplify, anchor, see clearly — and find that the humble low place among the good yields both the inner treasure and the outer sufficiency.

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