Raag Sorath
Commentary

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

Stay close to the ocean of peace, and one person’s healing lets a whole family breathe.

The Arc

Rahau (Pauri 0, opening): O good friends, hold the Name; never forget the ocean of peace, and your heart’s wishes ripen. Pauri 1: the perfect Teacher lifted the fever, and the Supreme One’s kindness freed the whole family from pain. Pauri 2: the Name — treasure, sweetness, and beauty — is my only support; the One kept my honor and carried the whole world across.

Key Vocabulary

  • sukh saagar: the ocean of peace
  • man chindi-arhaa fal: the fruit the mind longs for
  • taap gavaa-i-aa: the fever dispelled
  • dukh miti-aa sabh parvaaree: the whole family’s pain erased
  • sarab nidhaan mangal ras roopaa: treasure, sweetness, and beauty of the Name

Themes and Cross-Connections

The shabad opens on its pause-line, and healing radiates from one person to the family and outward to the world.

For Raag Sorath

Sorath’s ocean-of-peace image of the One anchors the shabad.

Translation Notes

This shabad opens on the rahaa-o (Pauri 0 is the pause-line); the verses follow in Pauri 1 and 2.

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