One flicker of mercy, and countless worlds are carried home.
The Arc
The rahau opens wide: all beings belong and are carried, and a single instant of mercy ends cruelty and lifts up countless worlds. The first verse is the humble prayer of one who feels small, asking only for a hand to hold. The close is quietly bold — even mighty kings are small, for the whole world rests in the One alone.
Key Vocabulary
mohan — the enchanting One; the beauty at the heart of things.
taareh / udhaareh — carries across, lifts up.
deen dukh bhanjan — breaker of the sorrow of the humble.
bhoopat bapuray — the poor kings; power that is smaller than it looks.
kot barahmand — millions of universes.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The shabad quietly levels power: thrones are set beneath the One while the humble are lifted. Its universality — every jee-a, every being, included — is the raag's tenderness turned outward to all.
For Raag Saarang
A comfort-forward shabad: the raag's gentleness turned toward the small and the frightened.
Translation Notes
The line about kings who kill is softened to what power they truly hold over life; the cruelty-and-tyranny image is bent toward mercy ending harm rather than graphic violence.
One flicker of mercy, and countless worlds are carried home.
The Arc
The rahau opens wide: all beings belong and are carried, and a single instant of mercy ends cruelty and lifts up countless worlds. The first verse is the humble prayer of one who feels small, asking only for a hand to hold. The close is quietly bold — even mighty kings are small, for the whole world rests in the One alone.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The shabad quietly levels power: thrones are set beneath the One while the humble are lifted. Its universality — every jee-a, every being, included — is the raag's tenderness turned outward to all.
For Raag Saarang
A comfort-forward shabad: the raag's gentleness turned toward the small and the frightened.
Translation Notes
The line about kings who kill is softened to what power they truly hold over life; the cruelty-and-tyranny image is bent toward mercy ending harm rather than graphic violence.