Raag Maale Gaorhaa
Commentary

Raag Maale-Gaorhaa, Chau-Padas, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan)

Let my work bear fruit — and let me give my hands and heart to good company.

The Arc

A love-letter to the sant (holy company) and to being useful. From the prayer that one's works be fruitful, it offers the whole self — head, eyes, hands, breath, mind, wealth — to good company; describes how their virtues rub off and the heart blossoms among them; makes their words the mind's mantra; and closes calling this freeing path a treasure received as a gift.

Key Vocabulary

  • Kaaraj safal — works made fruitful
  • Seva — glad service — described here as delight, not duty
  • Sant ke bachan — the words of the wise, become the mind's mantra
  • Nidhaan / Daan — treasure / gift — grace received, not earned

Themes and Cross-Connections

Service is framed throughout as joy. 'Corruption taken away' becomes 'whatever was off is set right.' The close insists the path is a gift (grace received, not a wage) — the project's Gurprasad lens.

For Raag Maale-Gaorhaa

'We become the company we keep' is the raag's social heart: good company slowly reshapes the self.

Last updated: 2026-07-09

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