Why so puffed up? — pride deflated to ashes, helplessness handed to the Preserver.
(Placed in the Goojaree section, which spans into Raag Devgandhaari.)
The Arc
Pride punctured by ashes (P0); remember the source, not the substitute (P1); helplessness acknowledged as the doorway to being held (P2).
Translation Notes
P2 the self-descriptions ('blind, mute, crippled') are rendered as honest creaturely helplessness before the Creator, not literal self-contempt, per the wellbeing/voice rules.
For Raag Devgandhaari / Goojaree
One of Guru Arjan's short Devgandhaari shabads sharing this section — the raag's steady turn from the anxious, grasping self to the One found within and in good company.
Why so puffed up? — pride deflated to ashes, helplessness handed to the Preserver.
(Placed in the Goojaree section, which spans into Raag Devgandhaari.)
The Arc
Pride punctured by ashes (P0); remember the source, not the substitute (P1); helplessness acknowledged as the doorway to being held (P2).
Translation Notes
For Raag Devgandhaari / Goojaree
One of Guru Arjan's short Devgandhaari shabads sharing this section — the raag's steady turn from the anxious, grasping self to the One found within and in good company.