Turn toward the giver of every peace, and stay soaked in its sweetness.
The Arc
Pauri 0: the teaching is the giver of all peace; turning toward it, joy rises, pain melts, and a song of thanks begins. Pauri 1 (opens with the Rahau): drink deep of the sweetness, remember and adore the Name, rest in the teaching; the closing prayer is simply to stay lovingly absorbed in the Name.
Key Vocabulary
sarab sukhaa kaa daataa: giver of all peace
darsan bhaytat hot anandaa: turning toward it, bliss arises
har ras peevhu: drink the sublime essence
naam rahaa liv laa-ee: remain lovingly absorbed
Themes and Cross-Connections
Here the Rahau sits inside Pauri 1 rather than standing alone. Har ras — the sublime essence — is the sweetness one drinks; the whole prayer narrows to a single wish: to abide in the Name.
For Raag Sorath
Sorath's warmth suits a shabad whose one desire is to stay close to what it loves.
Translation Notes
The literal 'one who has such pre-ordained destiny receives it' is rendered gently as the gift being meant for you, keeping the sense without a fatalistic frame.
Turn toward the giver of every peace, and stay soaked in its sweetness.
The Arc
Pauri 0: the teaching is the giver of all peace; turning toward it, joy rises, pain melts, and a song of thanks begins. Pauri 1 (opens with the Rahau): drink deep of the sweetness, remember and adore the Name, rest in the teaching; the closing prayer is simply to stay lovingly absorbed in the Name.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Here the Rahau sits inside Pauri 1 rather than standing alone. Har ras — the sublime essence — is the sweetness one drinks; the whole prayer narrows to a single wish: to abide in the Name.
For Raag Sorath
Sorath's warmth suits a shabad whose one desire is to stay close to what it loves.
Translation Notes
The literal 'one who has such pre-ordained destiny receives it' is rendered gently as the gift being meant for you, keeping the sense without a fatalistic frame.