Lean your whole weight on the One, and receive the gift of fearlessness.
The Arc
The rahau leans everything on the One as sole support, honor, and sanctuary. The single long verse deepens it: You are my hope, my trust, my strength; with You I am light and glad and follow where You lead. The close names the crowning gift — abhai daan, fearlessness — received through the Name, sealed by laying the head at the feet of the holy.
Key Vocabulary
parnaa — support, the thing that holds you up
bharosaa — trust, reliance
bha-ojal — the wide waters of the world, crossed by grace
abhai daan — the gift of fearlessness
Themes and Cross-Connections
abhai daan (fearlessness) is one of Guru Arjan's most cherished gifts, the natural fruit of total trust. The whole shabad is a prayer of leaning — surrender read not as defeat but as the source of ease and courage.
For Raag Kaanraa
The raag's yearning becomes pure trust here, and trust becomes fearlessness.
Translation Notes
bha-ojal (the 'terrifying world-ocean') is rendered gently as 'the widest waters,' keeping the sense of crossing without dread, in line with the project's wellbeing lens.
Lean your whole weight on the One, and receive the gift of fearlessness.
The Arc
The rahau leans everything on the One as sole support, honor, and sanctuary. The single long verse deepens it: You are my hope, my trust, my strength; with You I am light and glad and follow where You lead. The close names the crowning gift — abhai daan, fearlessness — received through the Name, sealed by laying the head at the feet of the holy.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
abhai daan (fearlessness) is one of Guru Arjan's most cherished gifts, the natural fruit of total trust. The whole shabad is a prayer of leaning — surrender read not as defeat but as the source of ease and courage.
For Raag Kaanraa
The raag's yearning becomes pure trust here, and trust becomes fearlessness.
Translation Notes
bha-ojal (the 'terrifying world-ocean') is rendered gently as 'the widest waters,' keeping the sense of crossing without dread, in line with the project's wellbeing lens.