Come to the treasure and ask for one gift only — the Name — then keep your honor by singing it in good company.
The Arc
P0 is the rahau alone, the pivot the shabad turns around: having come to the One who holds every treasure, and with love for the Name already grown in the heart, the seeker asks for one gift — the Name itself. P1 asks the perfect, peace-giving One to keep the seeker's honor and to grant a love for good company where praise is sung aloud. P2 delights in teaching that is immaculate and prays to be dyed in the One's love and to rest the mind gently at His feet.
Key Vocabulary
Sarnee / naath nidhaan (P0): sanctuary, and the One as supreme treasure.
Naam preet (P0): love for the Name, already rooted in the heart.
Pooran parmesur / maan raakho (P1): the perfect One; the prayer to keep one's honor intact.
Saadhoo sang (P1): the company of the good.
Rang / charan kamal dhian (P2): being dyed in the One's love; meditation resting at His feet.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The asking posture — knowing exactly what to request, and asking for the One rather than the One's gifts — links this shabad to Gurbani's celebrated asking-prayers. The dye image (rang) is the project's picture of true, lasting devotion: a fast color that does not wash out (sach, not jhooth).
For Raag Kaydaaraa
Guru Arjan's Ghar 4 shabad, and the first in this batch whose rahau stands alone as its own pauri. Its three movements — asking, keeping honor in good company, resting in love — distill the raag's devotional core.
Come to the treasure and ask for one gift only — the Name — then keep your honor by singing it in good company.
The Arc
P0 is the rahau alone, the pivot the shabad turns around: having come to the One who holds every treasure, and with love for the Name already grown in the heart, the seeker asks for one gift — the Name itself. P1 asks the perfect, peace-giving One to keep the seeker's honor and to grant a love for good company where praise is sung aloud. P2 delights in teaching that is immaculate and prays to be dyed in the One's love and to rest the mind gently at His feet.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The asking posture — knowing exactly what to request, and asking for the One rather than the One's gifts — links this shabad to Gurbani's celebrated asking-prayers. The dye image (rang) is the project's picture of true, lasting devotion: a fast color that does not wash out (sach, not jhooth).
For Raag Kaydaaraa
Guru Arjan's Ghar 4 shabad, and the first in this batch whose rahau stands alone as its own pauri. Its three movements — asking, keeping honor in good company, resting in love — distill the raag's devotional core.