Only You know what is inside me; You are near, and belonging to You frees me from every debt.
The Arc
Pauri 0: only You know my inner state and can truly weigh it; hold me gently though I have slipped many times. Rahau (Pauri 1): You, dear One, are always near — keep me at Your feet. Pauri 2: beyond all measure, high and deep, You freed me and made me Your own, so I owe nothing to anyone.
Key Vocabulary
antar kee gat: the state of the innermost self
bakhas laihu: forgive / hold gently
nayro: near
kaat silak: cutting the noose — freeing
kahaa nihoro: no debt owed to anyone
Themes and Cross-Connections
Divine nearness answers the fear of distance; confession is reframed as empty-handedness; belonging to the One brings freedom from the world’s anxious ledgers.
For Raag Sorath
The intimacy note — the Master is nayro, near, not enthroned far away — is quintessential Sorath tenderness.
Translation Notes
“Thousands of sins” rendered as empty-handedness (“slipped more times than I can count”), not shame; kaat silak softened from the death-noose image.
Only You know what is inside me; You are near, and belonging to You frees me from every debt.
The Arc
Pauri 0: only You know my inner state and can truly weigh it; hold me gently though I have slipped many times. Rahau (Pauri 1): You, dear One, are always near — keep me at Your feet. Pauri 2: beyond all measure, high and deep, You freed me and made me Your own, so I owe nothing to anyone.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Divine nearness answers the fear of distance; confession is reframed as empty-handedness; belonging to the One brings freedom from the world’s anxious ledgers.
For Raag Sorath
The intimacy note — the Master is nayro, near, not enthroned far away — is quintessential Sorath tenderness.
Translation Notes
“Thousands of sins” rendered as empty-handedness (“slipped more times than I can count”), not shame; kaat silak softened from the death-noose image.