Awakened from the long night by the tiniest touch of grace.
(Filed in the 06-Raag-Goojaree folder, 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 (B00C1044). "Awakened from the dark night" (P2) is Ram Das's tender testimony, kin to the raag's wakefulness motif (B00C1080 P50). Fortune-as-love (P0) recurs across the raag (B00C1033).
For Raag Devgandhaari / Goojaree
Opening the Devgandhaari shabads that share this folder, 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.
(Filed in the 06-Raag-Goojaree folder, 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 (B00C1044). "Awakened from the dark night" (P2) is Ram Das's tender testimony, kin to the raag's wakefulness motif (B00C1080 P50). Fortune-as-love (P0) recurs across the raag (B00C1033).
For Raag Devgandhaari / Goojaree
Opening the Devgandhaari shabads that share this folder, Ram Das strikes the raag's note of grace: a whole life's sleep can be undone by the smallest touch of mercy.