The One holds up everything — and carries the sinking one home.
The Arc
This shabad moves from the cosmic to the personal. It opens with the Guru as the Creator who supports all creation, then the Pause brings it home: rest the mind at the teaching’s feet and pain loosens. The verses deepen the promise — the sinking are carried across, the long-separated reunited, steady day-and-night practice grows peace and sahaj — and it closes in the humility of valuing even the dust of the feet, counted as good fortune.
Key Vocabulary
aaDhaar — support — the One upholds all creation
bhavjal — the world-ocean; the churning of a grasping life
sahaj — natural ease, effortless poise — the settled state steady practice grows
rayn — dust of the feet — an image of deep humility and belonging
Themes and Cross-Connections
The pairing of a vast, universe-upholding One with an intimate promise of daily peace is characteristic of Guru Arjan: the same power that holds the cosmos is the one that steadies your particular mind.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee’s devotional warmth carries the reunion image especially well — the long-separated brought home. In a raag associated with union and belonging, being “rejoined after countless separations” lands as homecoming, not rescue-from-terror.
The One holds up everything — and carries the sinking one home.
The Arc
This shabad moves from the cosmic to the personal. It opens with the Guru as the Creator who supports all creation, then the Pause brings it home: rest the mind at the teaching’s feet and pain loosens. The verses deepen the promise — the sinking are carried across, the long-separated reunited, steady day-and-night practice grows peace and sahaj — and it closes in the humility of valuing even the dust of the feet, counted as good fortune.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The pairing of a vast, universe-upholding One with an intimate promise of daily peace is characteristic of Guru Arjan: the same power that holds the cosmos is the one that steadies your particular mind.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee’s devotional warmth carries the reunion image especially well — the long-separated brought home. In a raag associated with union and belonging, being “rejoined after countless separations” lands as homecoming, not rescue-from-terror.
Last updated: 2026-07-08