Found by grace and kept in good company, the Name turns doubt and fear into quiet joy.
The Arc
The Name is high beyond reach, yet by grace it comes to rest on the lips, and by good fortune one finds the company of the truthful and is carried across. The rahau fills the mind with steady, quiet joy as doubt and fear lift. The ache of only-me is healed simply by being near loving hearts; a life turned toward the One bears fruit that lifts the whole circle; and the closing image is of being lifted right out of deep, troubled water by kindness.
Key Vocabulary
agam agochar — beyond reach, beyond the senses; yet given by grace.
anad — ecstasy, joy; here steady and quiet.
haumai rog — the disease of ego; healed by good company.
kaadh la-i-aa — lifted out; rescue from deep water.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ego named as a rog, a sickness healed by the company of the truthful, runs throughout Gurbani. The motif that one's goodness carries a whole circle across recurs in the Fourth Mehl.
For Raag Malaar
The rescue from deep water is the raag's element turned to relief: not drowning but being lifted, the storm-tossed soul drawn up into stillness.
Translation Notes
bikh (the poison-ocean) is rendered as deep, troubled water and the rescue as being lifted out, an image of relief rather than dread, per the wellbeing lens.
Found by grace and kept in good company, the Name turns doubt and fear into quiet joy.
The Arc
The Name is high beyond reach, yet by grace it comes to rest on the lips, and by good fortune one finds the company of the truthful and is carried across. The rahau fills the mind with steady, quiet joy as doubt and fear lift. The ache of only-me is healed simply by being near loving hearts; a life turned toward the One bears fruit that lifts the whole circle; and the closing image is of being lifted right out of deep, troubled water by kindness.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ego named as a rog, a sickness healed by the company of the truthful, runs throughout Gurbani. The motif that one's goodness carries a whole circle across recurs in the Fourth Mehl.
For Raag Malaar
The rescue from deep water is the raag's element turned to relief: not drowning but being lifted, the storm-tossed soul drawn up into stillness.
Translation Notes
bikh (the poison-ocean) is rendered as deep, troubled water and the rescue as being lifted out, an image of relief rather than dread, per the wellbeing lens.