Raag Sorath
Commentary

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

The fever lifts, an unstruck music rises, and the whole household fills with joy.

The Arc

Pauri 0: the sickness is dispelled and a music with no beginning begins to play; every comfort arrives as unearned grace. Rahau (Pauri 1): the ailment itself is removed, and all who love the teaching fill with joy; whatever the heart asks is given, and a beloved child is made well.

Key Vocabulary

  • taap gavaaiaa: the fever removed
  • anhad toore: the unstruck sound-current
  • bedan... gavaaee: the ailment eradicated
  • sarab kaliaan: all wellbeing

Themes and Cross-Connections

Relief and inner music are joined: when worry lifts, a deep quiet you always carried can finally be heard.

For Raag Sorath

Sorath, a raag of settled feeling, is a natural home for a shabad of healing and thanksgiving.

Translation Notes

Tradition reads har govid prabh raakhiaa as celebrating the recovery of Guru Arjan's young son Hargobind from illness. The children's text keeps the joy of a beloved child made well without leaning on the proper name.

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