Keeping the One in mind is a shelter no fear can reach.
The Arc
The closing shabad of this set, and a joyful one. It opens: remembering the One, I feel truly alive, and loving the One is like tending its very feet and being nourished by that closeness. The Rahao names the One as the inner-knower who understands the heart from within and who makes a home among the loving. The verses are all delight — deep listening feeds remembrance; through every hour the good qualities of the One are sung; and beholding the divine play, the mind fills with bliss. It closes where it is safest: remembrance is a shelter where fear cannot take hold, so the heart stays turned toward the One forever.
Key Vocabulary
simar simar: remembering, remembering
antarjaamee: the inner-knower, searcher of hearts
aath pahar: all eight watches of the day
leelaa: the divine play
parmaanand: supreme bliss
bha-o na bi-aapai: fear cannot take hold
Themes and Cross-Connections
Antarjaamee — to be fully known from within and still fully loved — is the quiet comfort of the Rahao. leelaa, the divine play beheld with delight, frames the world not as a trap to escape but as a wonder to enjoy. The close, bha-o na bi-aapai, makes remembrance itself the shelter against fear — fitting end to a set that has moved from the many forms of the One to the fearless heart that holds it.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee's love-color closes this block in joy. The raag that names the color of devotion ends the set exactly where it began — in the nearness of a Beloved who knows us completely, plays through all creation, and keeps us beyond the reach of fear.
Keeping the One in mind is a shelter no fear can reach.
The Arc
The closing shabad of this set, and a joyful one. It opens: remembering the One, I feel truly alive, and loving the One is like tending its very feet and being nourished by that closeness. The Rahao names the One as the inner-knower who understands the heart from within and who makes a home among the loving. The verses are all delight — deep listening feeds remembrance; through every hour the good qualities of the One are sung; and beholding the divine play, the mind fills with bliss. It closes where it is safest: remembrance is a shelter where fear cannot take hold, so the heart stays turned toward the One forever.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Antarjaamee — to be fully known from within and still fully loved — is the quiet comfort of the Rahao. leelaa, the divine play beheld with delight, frames the world not as a trap to escape but as a wonder to enjoy. The close, bha-o na bi-aapai, makes remembrance itself the shelter against fear — fitting end to a set that has moved from the many forms of the One to the fearless heart that holds it.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee's love-color closes this block in joy. The raag that names the color of devotion ends the set exactly where it began — in the nearness of a Beloved who knows us completely, plays through all creation, and keeps us beyond the reach of fear.