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.
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
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.