Raag Jaitsree
Commentary

Raag Jaitsree, Shabad 11, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan)

"The Lord attaches His humble servants to the hem of His robe, and they swim across the world-ocean."

The Arc

The One as breath, yet still praying for the Sangat (rahau); those given the intoxicating love, beyond the seeker's power to praise (v.1); the hem of the robe, the crossing, and triple remembrance bringing peace (v.2).

Key Vocabulary

  • saas / breath — the inner nearness that still seeks outer company.
  • madh / intoxicating draught of love — the given wine of Har Ras.
  • palai / hem of the robe — the child held to the parent, carried across (cf. Devgandhaari B00C3040).
  • simar simar simar — continuous remembrance, the heartbeat of the practice.

Themes and Cross-Connections

Inner-nearness-still-seeking-Sangat is a distinctive humility (the Guru still asking for company). Hem-of-the-robe links to Devgandhaari B00C3040/3043. Words-fail-before-the-worthy links to B00C1499, 1519, Devgandhaari B00C3061.

For Raag Jaitsree

Models the humility that never outgrows good company, and gathers the raag's tenderest images — the intoxicating love given, the hem held, the Name remembered and remembered and remembered into peace.

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