In love with the good and held close like a child; love welling up so the trap of grabbing lets go; and a love that never runs low.
The Arc
Pauri 0 (rahao): "I am in love with Your Lotus Feet" — the heart delighting in nearness. Pauri 1: held close ("grasp the hem of His robe"), love wells up and "the trap of Maya is broken." Pauri 2 closes: the good everywhere, and "His Love never diminishes."
Key Vocabulary
In love with the Feet (P0) — delight in nearness to the good.
Grasp the hem of His robe (P1) — held close like a child in a crowd.
The trap of Maya broken (P1) — grabbing loses its hold when love wells up.
Love that never diminishes (P2) — a love that never runs out.
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Grasp the hem of His robe" is the childlike-trust image (Bihaagraa B00C1150 "hold the hem," B00C2113 "grab hold of the feet"). "Love welling up breaks the trap of grabbing" restates the displacement teaching (Bihaagraa B00C1148, good feelings displacing bad). "Love that never diminishes" is the raag's constancy comfort (B00C2112 "never forgets").
For Raag Nat-Naaraayan
A tender shabad for a child. The sweetest place a heart can be is simply close to what's good — held there like a small child holding a parent's hem in a busy crowd. And here's the quiet magic: when your heart fills up with love, the sticky trap of always-wanting something just lets go of you — you don't have to fight it. Best of all, this is a love that never runs low — it doesn't get used up, it doesn't run out. It's everywhere you look.
In love with the good and held close like a child; love welling up so the trap of grabbing lets go; and a love that never runs low.
The Arc
Pauri 0 (rahao): "I am in love with Your Lotus Feet" — the heart delighting in nearness. Pauri 1: held close ("grasp the hem of His robe"), love wells up and "the trap of Maya is broken." Pauri 2 closes: the good everywhere, and "His Love never diminishes."
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Grasp the hem of His robe" is the childlike-trust image (Bihaagraa B00C1150 "hold the hem," B00C2113 "grab hold of the feet"). "Love welling up breaks the trap of grabbing" restates the displacement teaching (Bihaagraa B00C1148, good feelings displacing bad). "Love that never diminishes" is the raag's constancy comfort (B00C2112 "never forgets").
For Raag Nat-Naaraayan
A tender shabad for a child. The sweetest place a heart can be is simply close to what's good — held there like a small child holding a parent's hem in a busy crowd. And here's the quiet magic: when your heart fills up with love, the sticky trap of always-wanting something just lets go of you — you don't have to fight it. Best of all, this is a love that never runs low — it doesn't get used up, it doesn't run out. It's everywhere you look.
Last updated: 2026-07-05