This is the way across - hold the Dear One, let the restless self grow still, and loosen your grip on separateness.
The Arc
A single-line Second Pause that gathers and closes the previous shabad (B00C2177): the way across is to hold the One, let the ego grow still, and release the sense of separation.
Key Vocabulary
mirtak - "dead to the world," rendered here as the restless self growing still, not literal death
doojaa bhaa-o - "the love of the other," the sense of separateness
Rahaao Doojaa - the Second Pause, a refrain that rounds off a shabad
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ego-stilling as the inner victory; releasing separateness (echoing Haumai and Ik Onkar).
For Raag Maaroo
The raag's "death" is here turned fully inward - "become dead to the world" means the grasping self grows quiet, a homecoming rather than an ending.
Translation Notes
"Be dead to the world" (ho-ay mirtak) softened and reframed as "let the restless, grabbing self grow quiet and still" - the ego settling - explicitly not literal death; this comp is a single-file Second Pause completing B00C2177 (structure verified: one pauri file only).
This is the way across - hold the Dear One, let the restless self grow still, and loosen your grip on separateness.
The Arc
A single-line Second Pause that gathers and closes the previous shabad (B00C2177): the way across is to hold the One, let the ego grow still, and release the sense of separation.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ego-stilling as the inner victory; releasing separateness (echoing Haumai and Ik Onkar).
For Raag Maaroo
The raag's "death" is here turned fully inward - "become dead to the world" means the grasping self grows quiet, a homecoming rather than an ending.
Translation Notes
"Be dead to the world" (ho-ay mirtak) softened and reframed as "let the restless, grabbing self grow quiet and still" - the ego settling - explicitly not literal death; this comp is a single-file Second Pause completing B00C2177 (structure verified: one pauri file only).
Last updated: 2026-07-09