Every living thing is a bead on the same single thread.
The Arc
The rahau asks a question that answers itself: other than the One, who is there? The Maker, mercy itself, gives every comfort. The first stanza offers the great image — all creatures strung on one thread — and gathers scattered hope back to the giver of everything. The close recasts life as a journey: turning toward the One is never wasted, and the only earnings carried home are the inner ones.
Key Vocabulary
bin har hai ko — other than the One, who is?
karunaa mai — made of mercy.
soot paro-ay jantaa — creatures strung on one thread.
safal sayvaa — service that bears fruit.
laabh laahaa lai chaalahu — take your profit and travel on.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The one-thread image is the Oneness made vivid: no true second, everything held together. The merchant-journey metaphor sounds here and recurs later in the raag (at "the traders of the Name").
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's thirst for the One meets the recognition that there is only the One — and that the journey home is measured in inner wealth, not outer gain.
Every living thing is a bead on the same single thread.
The Arc
The rahau asks a question that answers itself: other than the One, who is there? The Maker, mercy itself, gives every comfort. The first stanza offers the great image — all creatures strung on one thread — and gathers scattered hope back to the giver of everything. The close recasts life as a journey: turning toward the One is never wasted, and the only earnings carried home are the inner ones.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The one-thread image is the Oneness made vivid: no true second, everything held together. The merchant-journey metaphor sounds here and recurs later in the raag (at "the traders of the Name").
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's thirst for the One meets the recognition that there is only the One — and that the journey home is measured in inner wealth, not outer gain.