Raag Sorath
Commentary

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

Good company wakes a worried heart, and love steadies what fear used to shake.

The Arc

Pauri 0: in good company the mind woke and sang the Name-jewel; anxiety melted, and the world-ocean was crossed. Rahau (embedded in Pauri 1): the feet enshrined in the heart brought peace, inner music, and heaps of trouble cleared; Your worth is beyond words, yet Your devotees become steady, with the One as friend.

Key Vocabulary

  • man udam: the mind roused, energized
  • naam ratan: the Name as a jewel
  • mit ga-ee chintaa: anxiety erased
  • rogaa ghaan: heaps of trouble / disease
  • bhagat bha-ay abhinaasee: devotees become steady and imperishable

Themes and Cross-Connections

Saadh sangat lifting anxiety and the Name steadying the fearful heart — the emotional core of Sorath’s Mehl 5.

For Raag Sorath

Sorath’s recurring easing of chintaa, worry, is front and center.

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