The truest wealth is the kind that never runs low, no matter how much you give.
The Arc
The rahau brings the merchant image to full strength: those who deal in the Name are the truly rich, and the invitation is to become a partner and earn that wealth together. The first stanza names the terms of the trade — drop deceit, carry no enmity, deal only in what is real — with the promise that such trade never ends in loss. The close overflows: this wealth is spent and shared yet never runs out, and it walks you home to the One's own door with honor.
Key Vocabulary
dhanvant naam kay vanjaaray — dealers in the Name are wealthy.
saaNjhee karahu — become a partner; wealth shared, not hoarded.
The merchant metaphor that opened earlier in this run reaches its fullest form here, and the enmity-free heart echoes the earlier fearless-love shabad. Partnership makes the wealth communal — no one earns it alone.
For Raag Saarang
The thirst of Saarang is answered as abundance: a treasure that grows by giving, shared among partners, carrying each home with honor — a fitting close to the merchant-arc that ran through these shabads.
The truest wealth is the kind that never runs low, no matter how much you give.
The Arc
The rahau brings the merchant image to full strength: those who deal in the Name are the truly rich, and the invitation is to become a partner and earn that wealth together. The first stanza names the terms of the trade — drop deceit, carry no enmity, deal only in what is real — with the promise that such trade never ends in loss. The close overflows: this wealth is spent and shared yet never runs out, and it walks you home to the One's own door with honor.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The merchant metaphor that opened earlier in this run reaches its fullest form here, and the enmity-free heart echoes the earlier fearless-love shabad. Partnership makes the wealth communal — no one earns it alone.
For Raag Saarang
The thirst of Saarang is answered as abundance: a treasure that grows by giving, shared among partners, carrying each home with honor — a fitting close to the merchant-arc that ran through these shabads.