Family and belongings are dear, but some closeness is only for a season — the body thins like smoke; lean on the One who made you and is always here.
The Arc
Four short stanzas. Pauri 0: the dearest ties cannot cross the last threshold with us. Rahau (Pauri 1): why fuss over the body, which passes like smoke? Run to the Beloved. Pauri 2: life is a string of beads on a fragile thread — don't rest your whole hope on the string. Pauri 3: keep in mind the One who made and beautified you; grace has already reached me.
Key Vocabulary
maa-i-aa sanbanDhayhee: bonds woven of the passing world
Dhoom baadro: a wisp of smoke — the body's impermanence
kaachai taag: the fragile thread on which the beads are strung
siraj savaaray: created and then adorned — grounds gratitude
ot gahayhee: taking hold of support
Themes and Cross-Connections
A memento mori softened for children into 'here for a season.' The Naam lens runs underneath: what you carry forward is the Divine held in awareness, not what you accumulate. Love your people fully; hold lightly.
For Raag Sorath
Sorath's settling is the freedom of not building your whole identity on what is temporary — and the peace of leaning on what is always here.
Translation Notes
The graphic line naming three modes of body-disposal (water, animals, cremation) is dropped per the wellbeing rules and replaced with 'here for a time and then let go.' Sabh mithi-aa asnayhee ('their love is false') softened to 'closeness only for a season' — impermanence, not worthlessness.
Family and belongings are dear, but some closeness is only for a season — the body thins like smoke; lean on the One who made you and is always here.
The Arc
Four short stanzas. Pauri 0: the dearest ties cannot cross the last threshold with us. Rahau (Pauri 1): why fuss over the body, which passes like smoke? Run to the Beloved. Pauri 2: life is a string of beads on a fragile thread — don't rest your whole hope on the string. Pauri 3: keep in mind the One who made and beautified you; grace has already reached me.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
A memento mori softened for children into 'here for a season.' The Naam lens runs underneath: what you carry forward is the Divine held in awareness, not what you accumulate. Love your people fully; hold lightly.
For Raag Sorath
Sorath's settling is the freedom of not building your whole identity on what is temporary — and the peace of leaning on what is always here.
Translation Notes
The graphic line naming three modes of body-disposal (water, animals, cremation) is dropped per the wellbeing rules and replaced with 'here for a time and then let go.' Sabh mithi-aa asnayhee ('their love is false') softened to 'closeness only for a season' — impermanence, not worthlessness.