Raag Sorath
Commentary

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

You are not the sum of your mistakes; the One who made you also feeds and keeps you.

The Arc

Pauri 0: He kept no tally of our faults — that is His forgiving nature; He gave His hand, made us His own, and we live in His love. Rahau (embedded in Pauri 1): the True One is ever kind; the Teacher tied my heart to His; the same One who made body and soul, who gives clothing and food, keeps His loved ones’ honor.

Key Vocabulary

  • hamree ganat na ganee-aa: He kept no tally of our faults
  • birad: the One’s innate, faithful nature
  • haath day-ay: the reaching hand
  • jee-o paa-ay pind: who made soul and body
  • paij raakhee: He keeps our honor

Themes and Cross-Connections

Grace as a settled trait, not a mood (birad), and daily provision — body, breath, food, clothing — reframed as continuous grace.

For Raag Sorath

The tender provider-note of Sorath; a strong philosophy-concept candidate: Birad, the One’s steadfast nature to save.

Translation Notes

Ganat na ganee-aa rendered as “did not count the times I slipped,” keeping mercy central and avoiding a shaming account of “sins.”

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