Sikhism·Raag Malaar·Shabad 52
Verse 1 of 5

The Rain Of Grace Falls

ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
malaar mehlaa 5.
Malaar, Fifth Mehl:
ਪਰਮੇਸਰੁ ਹੋਆ ਦਇਆਲੁ ॥
parmaysar ho-aa da-i-aal.
The Transcendent Lord God has become merciful;
ਮੇਘੁ ਵਰਸੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਧਾਰ ॥
maygh varsai amrit Dhaar.
Ambrosial Nectar is raining down from the clouds.
ਸਗਲੇ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਸੇ ॥
saglay jee-a jant tariptaasay.
All beings and creatures are satisfied;
ਕਾਰਜ ਆਏ ਪੂਰੇ ਰਾਸੇ ॥੧॥
kaaraj aa-ay pooray raasay. ||1||
their affairs are perfectly resolved. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The Highest One has become kind.

Sweet nectar is raining down from the clouds.

Every living being has drunk its fill.

Everything that needed doing has come out just right.

Grace is like rain: it falls, and everything green drinks.
The deeper layer

When the One is kind, grace pours down like monsoon rain and every living thing drinks its fill.

Parmaysar ho-aa da-i-aal: the Highest One has become kind. Maygh varsai amrit dhaar: the clouds pour down streams of nectar. This is the heart-picture of Raag Malaar, the raag of the rains: grace as a monsoon over a dry land. Tariptaasay means satisfied, the thirst over. Kaaraj aa-ay pooray raasay: every task has come out right, the way fields turn green once the ground is watered.

A Question to Sit With

When has a dry spell in your life finally been broken by something good arriving?

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