Heal the one thing that holds you back — the ache of ego — and the restless mind comes to rest at the one true resting place.
The Arc
This chhant closes Guru Ram Das's Soohee chhants and turns on healing: ego named as a poison to be healed, dimming the precious body (P0); the restless mind, circling like a bird that never lands, brought to rest (P1); the heart made ready and open, spreading the bed of loving trust for the One (P2); and the one true resting place, reached by glad self-offering (P3). The refrain raam raajiaa (O Sovereign Lord) threads through the later pauris.
Key Vocabulary
haumai bikhi-aa — the poison of ego; an illness, not a sin to hate.
deh kanchan — the golden body; precious, dimmed by ego.
sardhaa sayj — the bed of loving trust, spread to receive the One.
ikat sayjai — the one resting place; the heart united with the One.
jee-o aagai day-ee — offering the very self; glad surrender.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ego-as-illness-to-heal is stated plainly here and echoes across the batch (the fever of ego in 1709, the knot of ego untied in 1717). The running tally at the end of P3 seals the M4 Soohee chhant set.
For Raag Soohee
The householder's love completed: the restless heart finally at rest, ready and open, offered whole.
Translation Notes
P0's harsher language (the golden body disfigured and ruined by ego) is softened — ego dims what is precious rather than destroying it. The bed (sayj) imagery of P2–P3 is rendered as inner readiness and a welcome spread for a guest, without gendered framing.
Heal the one thing that holds you back — the ache of ego — and the restless mind comes to rest at the one true resting place.
The Arc
This chhant closes Guru Ram Das's Soohee chhants and turns on healing: ego named as a poison to be healed, dimming the precious body (P0); the restless mind, circling like a bird that never lands, brought to rest (P1); the heart made ready and open, spreading the bed of loving trust for the One (P2); and the one true resting place, reached by glad self-offering (P3). The refrain raam raajiaa (O Sovereign Lord) threads through the later pauris.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ego-as-illness-to-heal is stated plainly here and echoes across the batch (the fever of ego in 1709, the knot of ego untied in 1717). The running tally at the end of P3 seals the M4 Soohee chhant set.
For Raag Soohee
The householder's love completed: the restless heart finally at rest, ready and open, offered whole.
Translation Notes
P0's harsher language (the golden body disfigured and ruined by ego) is softened — ego dims what is precious rather than destroying it. The bed (sayj) imagery of P2–P3 is rendered as inner readiness and a welcome spread for a guest, without gendered framing.