The One who made everyone is on the side of the good-hearted, and holds His own the way parents hold a child.
The Arc
Pauri 0: all beings are His making, and He alone is the friend of the good-hearted; He keeps His servants’ honor and brings their goodness to full flower. Rahau (Pauri 1): the perfect One is always with me; guarded completely, now everyone feels kind. Pauri 2: night and day I hold the Name — Giver of soul and breath — and He hugs the one who loves Him close, the way a mother and father hold their child.
Key Vocabulary
jee-a jantar sabh tis kay kee-ay: all beings are His making
pooran bha-ee badaa-ee: the greatness becomes complete
paarbarahm pooraa mayrai naal: the One is with me
jee-a paraan kaa daataa: Giver of soul and breath
kanth laa-ay ji-o baarik pit maataa: held close like a child by mother and father
Themes and Cross-Connections
The kinship of all beings under one Maker, and the closing parent-embrace as the tenderest image of grace — sealing a cluster all about a beloved child kept safe.
For Raag Sorath
Sorath’s warmth resolves here into the parent-and-child embrace.
Translation Notes
Philosophy-concept candidate: Held Like a Child — Grace as a Parent’s Embrace.
The One who made everyone is on the side of the good-hearted, and holds His own the way parents hold a child.
The Arc
Pauri 0: all beings are His making, and He alone is the friend of the good-hearted; He keeps His servants’ honor and brings their goodness to full flower. Rahau (Pauri 1): the perfect One is always with me; guarded completely, now everyone feels kind. Pauri 2: night and day I hold the Name — Giver of soul and breath — and He hugs the one who loves Him close, the way a mother and father hold their child.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The kinship of all beings under one Maker, and the closing parent-embrace as the tenderest image of grace — sealing a cluster all about a beloved child kept safe.
For Raag Sorath
Sorath’s warmth resolves here into the parent-and-child embrace.
Translation Notes
Philosophy-concept candidate: Held Like a Child — Grace as a Parent’s Embrace.