Raag Malaar
Commentary

Raag Malaar, Chaupade, Mehl 3 (Guru Amar Das)

Wherever I look, there is the One.

The Arc

Soul, body and breath all belong to the One, present in every heart; stay tuned to the Name and turn toward the Maker you cannot see; mind and body drenched in that love, doubt and fear melt; living the teaching truthfully brings real freedom, rare as it is; and wherever the eyes turn, there is the One — so the whole self is offered up and the small, separate me dissolves. This closes the Third Mehl chaupade run.

Key Vocabulary

  • ghat ghat rahi-aa samaa-ee — pervading each and every heart.
  • adisat agochar — the Unseen, Unfathomable Maker.
  • jah jah daykhaa tah ayko — wherever I look, there is the One.
  • aap gavaa-ee — the small, separate self let go.

Themes and Cross-Connections

Omnipresence (ghat ghat, jah jah daykha) rhymes with the tradition's picture of the One in all things. The self-offering close echoes the raag's soul giving itself wholly to the Beloved.

For Raag Malaar

The One seen everywhere — the rain fallen on all the earth, greening it alike.

Translation Notes

The terrifying world-ocean (bhav) is softened to crossing safely. Omnipresence and the gentle dissolving of ego are foregrounded.

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