Come and live in the home of my heart — and the wonder was inside it all along.
The Arc
The rahao opens the door and invites the Beloved in. Nearness renews body and soul; division dissolves into closeness; the mind clears; one loving glimpse makes the whole self new; every treasure comes with nearness; the heart finds rest nowhere else; empty-handed, it is still taken in; and the closing turns inward to the wonder found within.
Key Vocabulary
Rahao — here the opening invitation that the whole hymn answers
Dubidhaa — duality, the sense of separation that love dissolves
Darshan — the loving glimpse that renews
Saadh Sangat — the company of the good, where the empty-handed are welcomed
Themes and Cross-Connections
The movement is from outside in: what begins as a guest invited into the heart ends as a wonder discovered already living there.
For Raag Maaroo
In the mortality-raag, the hymn's promise of homecoming and renewal is deliberate comfort.
Translation Notes
P4's not returning to the womb of rebirth is softened to the soul coming home and resting; P7's I am unworthy is read as honest empty-handedness before grace, not self-condemnation (wellbeing rules).
Come and live in the home of my heart — and the wonder was inside it all along.
The Arc
The rahao opens the door and invites the Beloved in. Nearness renews body and soul; division dissolves into closeness; the mind clears; one loving glimpse makes the whole self new; every treasure comes with nearness; the heart finds rest nowhere else; empty-handed, it is still taken in; and the closing turns inward to the wonder found within.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The movement is from outside in: what begins as a guest invited into the heart ends as a wonder discovered already living there.
For Raag Maaroo
In the mortality-raag, the hymn's promise of homecoming and renewal is deliberate comfort.
Translation Notes
P4's not returning to the womb of rebirth is softened to the soul coming home and resting; P7's I am unworthy is read as honest empty-handedness before grace, not self-condemnation (wellbeing rules).
Last updated: 2026-07-09