Raag Todee
Commentary

Raag Todee, Shabad 15, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan)

"Destroyer of millions of sins, O Great Giver — other than You, who else can save me?"

The Arc

Refuge at the highest court, the mercy outscaling the failings (v.0); the seeker's honest report — "I examined everything life offers," and the supreme state lives in holy company, while those lost in the glitter "lose the game" (v.1); the resolution into love and health — meeting the Guru, celebrating in bliss, "all sickness cured" (v.2).

Key Vocabulary

  • kot bikhi-aa / millions of sins — the scale of mercy set against the scale of failing.
  • saadh sangat — where the "supreme state" (param pad) is attained.
  • baazee — the game of life, lost by those engrossed in Maya.

Themes and Cross-Connections

"Examined everything, found it in holy company" echoes Aasaa's khojat khojat seekers (B00C895, 906). Ending in love-and-health seals Todee's twin signs of arrival (cf. B00C1554, 1559).

For Raag Todee

The long search ends not in exhaustion but in love — and, this being Todee, love turns out to be healing: "all sickness has been cured."

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