"My tongue sings the Praises of the ocean of virtue; all sorrows run away."
The Arc
Praise fills the room until sorrow has nowhere to sit — peace, contentment, poise and delight welling up (v.0); drawing from "the source of nectar," the fear of endings loosens and one crosses the world-ocean (v.1); the long search resolving into the "essence of reality," and the simple counsel — for lasting joy, remember the One always (v.2).
Key Vocabulary
sukh / santokh / dheeraj / anand — peace, contentment, poise, bliss: a whole spectrum of well-being.
amrit / nectar — the deathless sweetness; the source that never runs dry.
bhavjal — the world-ocean; fearsome only until one is carried across.
tat — the essence/core of reality.
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Sorrows run away" echoes Anand Sahib's "the celebrating house is the defended house" (philosophy.md, Praise over Prayer). Crossing the bhavjal recurs across the raags. Search-resolving-into-simplicity is a Todee refrain (B00C1545).
For Raag Todee
Seals the first run of Mehl 5 shabads: singing doesn't grimly fight sadness — it fills the room until sadness has nowhere left to sit.
"My tongue sings the Praises of the ocean of virtue; all sorrows run away."
The Arc
Praise fills the room until sorrow has nowhere to sit — peace, contentment, poise and delight welling up (v.0); drawing from "the source of nectar," the fear of endings loosens and one crosses the world-ocean (v.1); the long search resolving into the "essence of reality," and the simple counsel — for lasting joy, remember the One always (v.2).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Sorrows run away" echoes Anand Sahib's "the celebrating house is the defended house" (philosophy.md, Praise over Prayer). Crossing the bhavjal recurs across the raags. Search-resolving-into-simplicity is a Todee refrain (B00C1545).
For Raag Todee
Seals the first run of Mehl 5 shabads: singing doesn't grimly fight sadness — it fills the room until sadness has nowhere left to sit.