My whole self trades only in the One — steeped in devotion, I am not knocked around by the world.
The Arc
The rahau pictures the whole self as a shop whose only trade is the One, leaving a person unshaken by worldly turbulence. The middle verse describes the way of life of the holy: deep listening, remembrance, and the One planted in the heart as the support of every breath. The closing verse prays to the One who is kind to the humble, asking only that the tongue keep speaking the Name.
Key Vocabulary
man tan bi-uhaar — the whole self as a shop trading only in the One.
pohat nah sansaar — untouched, unshaken by the world's turbulence.
sarvanee keertan — deep listening to the songs of praise.
paraan ko aadhaar — the support of the very breath.
deen da-i-aal — kind to the humble and lowly; grace leaning toward the overlooked.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The steadiness that is not numbness but a held root connects to the project's reading of sahaj. deen da-i-aal, grace leaning toward the lowly, sounds the tradition's foregrounding of the overlooked and humble.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's longing settles here into a way of life: deep listening and remembrance making the heart steady enough that the world's ups and downs no longer knock it over.
My whole self trades only in the One — steeped in devotion, I am not knocked around by the world.
The Arc
The rahau pictures the whole self as a shop whose only trade is the One, leaving a person unshaken by worldly turbulence. The middle verse describes the way of life of the holy: deep listening, remembrance, and the One planted in the heart as the support of every breath. The closing verse prays to the One who is kind to the humble, asking only that the tongue keep speaking the Name.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The steadiness that is not numbness but a held root connects to the project's reading of sahaj. deen da-i-aal, grace leaning toward the lowly, sounds the tradition's foregrounding of the overlooked and humble.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's longing settles here into a way of life: deep listening and remembrance making the heart steady enough that the world's ups and downs no longer knock it over.