Why chase what cannot stay, when the deathless One is your soul's own companion?
The Arc
Opening a new house under the full sign of the One, this shabad asks the mind why it keeps being lured by aan, otherness. The answer: the One is your help here and everywhere, the companion of your soul. The Name is nectar; the akaal moorat, the deathless One, is found in loving company; and the Word itself is the greatest mantra because it sets pride gently down. Searching ends in a home of peace inside the Name.
Key Vocabulary
aan — otherness; the passing things that pull the mind away.
akaal moorat — the deathless, timeless form; an epithet from the Mool Mantar.
saadh sangat — the company of the holy, where the timeless One is met.
maan utaaran — the loosening of pride from the mind.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The phrase akaal moorat ties this shabad directly to the opening verse of the Guru Granth Sahib, grounding Saarang's longing in the deathless One named there. The pride-loosening Word connects to the wider Gurbani theme that true teaching sets the self down rather than inflating it.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's yearning is here pointed at what is akaal — deathless and unchanging — the one thing worth longing for because it alone does not pass away.
Why chase what cannot stay, when the deathless One is your soul's own companion?
The Arc
Opening a new house under the full sign of the One, this shabad asks the mind why it keeps being lured by aan, otherness. The answer: the One is your help here and everywhere, the companion of your soul. The Name is nectar; the akaal moorat, the deathless One, is found in loving company; and the Word itself is the greatest mantra because it sets pride gently down. Searching ends in a home of peace inside the Name.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The phrase akaal moorat ties this shabad directly to the opening verse of the Guru Granth Sahib, grounding Saarang's longing in the deathless One named there. The pride-loosening Word connects to the wider Gurbani theme that true teaching sets the self down rather than inflating it.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's yearning is here pointed at what is akaal — deathless and unchanging — the one thing worth longing for because it alone does not pass away.