Raag Sorath
Commentary

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

It is the One’s very nature to save; no one has wandered too far to be welcomed.

The Arc

Pauri 0: the One lifted the whole world’s wrongdoing and carried all to safety, staying true to His saving nature. Rahau (embedded in Pauri 1): under the King’s protection, sing in peace; my Teacher lifts up everyone, however far they have strayed — I trust Him wholly, and the True One heard my prayer and forgave.

Key Vocabulary

  • sabh sansaar ubaari-aa: the whole world lifted to safety
  • birad samaari-aa: He upheld His saving nature
  • patit udhaaran: the lifter of the fallen
  • sun ardaasaa: the prayer heard

Themes and Cross-Connections

The universality of grace, birad again, and a prayer heard as the shabad’s quiet climax.

For Raag Sorath

The welcoming, door-always-open note of Sorath.

Translation Notes

Patit udhaaran (“Savior of sinners”) rendered warmly as “lifts up everyone, no matter how far they’ve wandered,” foregrounding welcome over labels.

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