Raag Sorath
Commentary

Raag Sorath, Du-Padas, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan)

There is one cause behind every cause; keep the Name in mind and sorrow melts.

The Arc

Pauri 0: gratitude to the teaching that kept one's honor whole and gave the heart's true wish. Rahau (Pauri 1): there is nothing apart from the One — the Cause of causes; keeping the Name in mind, all sorrows quietly melt away.

Key Vocabulary

  • balihaaree: offering oneself in gratitude
  • karan kaaran: the Cause of causes
  • sagle dookh mitaaiaa: all sorrows erased

Themes and Cross-Connections

The oneness of the project's lens surfaces plainly here: not two powers, one source behind everything.

For Raag Sorath

Sorath's homecoming warmth frames a shabad that traces all things back to a single gentle source.

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