If one voice is not enough for such thanks, let it become a hundred thousand.
The Arc
A partaal of overflowing praise. The rahau wishes one tongue could become two hundred thousand. The shabad then prays to be of use and offers glad self-sacrifice to those who remember the One, and closes drinking the sweet nectar of the Name through the Guru's wisdom, with fivefold blessing on the Guru.
Key Vocabulary
aykaa jeeh keechai lakh bees — let one tongue become 200,000; gratitude overflowing.
The wish for many tongues is a recurring Gurbani figure for praise that outruns a single voice. amrit (nectar) links to the wider imagery of the Name as sweet, healing drink.
For Raag Kaanraa
The partaal keeps Kaanraa's devotion at a joyful pitch: longing overflows into a wish for endless voices, answered by the free sweetness of the Name.
If one voice is not enough for such thanks, let it become a hundred thousand.
The Arc
A partaal of overflowing praise. The rahau wishes one tongue could become two hundred thousand. The shabad then prays to be of use and offers glad self-sacrifice to those who remember the One, and closes drinking the sweet nectar of the Name through the Guru's wisdom, with fivefold blessing on the Guru.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The wish for many tongues is a recurring Gurbani figure for praise that outruns a single voice. amrit (nectar) links to the wider imagery of the Name as sweet, healing drink.
For Raag Kaanraa
The partaal keeps Kaanraa's devotion at a joyful pitch: longing overflows into a wish for endless voices, answered by the free sweetness of the Name.