None have found the limit — so I bow, and reach for shelter when the inner tugs pull.
The Arc
This shabad opens Raag Maalee Gauraa. It begins in awe at the boundless One (agam, agaadh, apaar), moves through the honest naming of the inner pulls (desire, anger, greed, attachment) and a cry for shelter, recalls the protection of the boy-devotee Prahlaad, promises that remembrance lifts the fear of birth and death, and closes with the tender image of wearing the Name like a necklace and merging into it.
Key Vocabulary
Raam Naam — the loving repetition of the Name — the heartbeat of this whole raag
Agam / Agaadh / Apaar — unreachable, unfathomable, boundless — the raag's opening chord of wonder
Bhagat-vachhal — lover of devotees — the One who stands with the vulnerable
Dukh-bhanjan — breaker of pain
Themes and Cross-Connections
The five inner pulls appear here as things to be held safely in shelter, not crimes to be punished — the project's 'ego is a disease to heal' lens. The Prahlaad rescue foregrounds protection of the small and drops the tyrant's violence. The closing 'merge into the Name' is the raag's signature dissolving-in-love.
For Raag Maale-Gaorhaa
This carries the Mool Mantar raag header that opens the entire raag, setting Maalee Gauraa's bright, devotional key: the Name as sweetness, medicine, and refuge.
None have found the limit — so I bow, and reach for shelter when the inner tugs pull.
The Arc
This shabad opens Raag Maalee Gauraa. It begins in awe at the boundless One (agam, agaadh, apaar), moves through the honest naming of the inner pulls (desire, anger, greed, attachment) and a cry for shelter, recalls the protection of the boy-devotee Prahlaad, promises that remembrance lifts the fear of birth and death, and closes with the tender image of wearing the Name like a necklace and merging into it.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The five inner pulls appear here as things to be held safely in shelter, not crimes to be punished — the project's 'ego is a disease to heal' lens. The Prahlaad rescue foregrounds protection of the small and drops the tyrant's violence. The closing 'merge into the Name' is the raag's signature dissolving-in-love.
For Raag Maale-Gaorhaa
This carries the Mool Mantar raag header that opens the entire raag, setting Maalee Gauraa's bright, devotional key: the Name as sweetness, medicine, and refuge.
Last updated: 2026-07-09