Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One protected every single one of us, and all our sorrows and worries lifted away and were gone. As I keep the Name alive in my mind, my whole self turns green and alive again, like land after rain. Nanak says: the One looked upon us with eyes full of grace.
The shabad closes by returning the monsoon image to the soul. The land that was parched in the Rahao is now haree-aaval — "green, freshly grown, alive." Where the first stanza had rain falling on dry earth, here the rain has done its work inside: through Naam simran, the mind and body become green again. The metaphor is exact — a person held in the dryness of fear and ego is like cracked summer ground, and remembrance is the rain that makes them live again.
The closing word is nadar — the "glance of grace," the One looking upon the soul with favor. This is Gurprasad in the form of a gaze. Notice the whole transformation — protection, the lifting of sorrow, the greening of mind and body — is attributed not to the seeker's effort but to that look. As the project understands grace: it is not a prize the soul earns, but the noticing of what was always being offered. When the Guru signs as Nanak, the lineage name marks the one light speaking through every Guru. The shabad that began with rain over the land ends with the soul itself made green — the season turned, the longing answered.
What part of you feels dry or worn down right now — and what would it mean to let it be watered rather than forced back to life?
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