Awakened from the long night by the tiniest touch of grace.
(Placed in the Goojaree section, which spans into Raag Devgandhaari; the source text and Gurmukhi are Devgandhaari.)
The Arc
The Pause line praises those who lovingly focus on the One — the true good fortune (P0); the chains of Maya snap by love, and the teaching enchants (P1); and the testimony of awakening — a lifelong sleep undone by the tiniest touch of grace (P2).
Key Vocabulary
"great good fortune" — a heart turned in love, not lucky circumstance (P0).
the teaching as "Enticer" — freed from the glitter by a greater enchantment (P1).
"tiniest bit of Grace" — grace powerful out of all proportion to its measure (P2).
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Freed by a greater enchantment" (P1) restates the raag's method — love crowds out compulsion (Shabad 21). "Awakened from the dark night" (P2) is Ram Das's tender testimony, kin to the raag's wakefulness motif (Shabad 57 P50). Fortune-as-love (P0) recurs across the raag (Shabad 10).
For Raag Devgandhaari / Goojaree
Opening the Devgandhaari shabads that share this section, Ram Das strikes the raag's note of grace: a whole life's sleep can be undone by the smallest touch of mercy.
Awakened from the long night by the tiniest touch of grace.
(Placed in the Goojaree section, which spans into Raag Devgandhaari; the source text and Gurmukhi are Devgandhaari.)
The Arc
The Pause line praises those who lovingly focus on the One — the true good fortune (P0); the chains of Maya snap by love, and the teaching enchants (P1); and the testimony of awakening — a lifelong sleep undone by the tiniest touch of grace (P2).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Freed by a greater enchantment" (P1) restates the raag's method — love crowds out compulsion (Shabad 21). "Awakened from the dark night" (P2) is Ram Das's tender testimony, kin to the raag's wakefulness motif (Shabad 57 P50). Fortune-as-love (P0) recurs across the raag (Shabad 10).
For Raag Devgandhaari / Goojaree
Opening the Devgandhaari shabads that share this section, Ram Das strikes the raag's note of grace: a whole life's sleep can be undone by the smallest touch of mercy.