"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.
"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
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.