Wisdom as a healing eye-salve that clears the fog; the goodness within as the one companion to the end; and the treasure at home that the hungry heart hasn't yet looked for.
The Arc
Pauri 0: the Guru's "ointment of spiritual wisdom" (anjan) clears the darkness so one can see. Pauri 1: the Name as the one companion "in the end." Pauri 2: the poignant image — "the jewel-treasure in their own homes, but still they are hungry." Pauri 3 closes with the rainbird's prayer for its raindrop. Colophon ||4||3||.
The one companion to the end (P1) — the goodness carried within.
The treasure at home, yet hungry (P2) — having the inner jewel unnoticed.
Baabeehaa (P3) — the rainbird longing for its one raindrop.
Translation Notes
Memento mori (P1) softened to "the good you carry inside stays"; "faithless cynics die... let me not see them" (P2) softened to the gentle point that the treasure is within, waiting.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The eye-salve (anjan) recurs in the raag and the GGS (Bihaagraa B00C1146 "ointment of wisdom on my eyes," Anand Sahib). "Treasure at home, yet hungry" restates B00C1185 ("treasure within, don't search outside") and B00C1184 ("hunger won't go" without planting). The rainbird recurs (Bihaagraa B00C1140/1150, Wadahans B00C1178).
For Raag Wadahans
Two gentle pictures for a child. Wisdom is like a soothing medicine for your eyes — it clears away the fog so you can finally see what's real and true. And the poignant one: some people feel hungry and restless inside while the most precious treasure sits right there in their own home — because they've never thought to look within. The good you're longing for is closer than you think.
Wisdom as a healing eye-salve that clears the fog; the goodness within as the one companion to the end; and the treasure at home that the hungry heart hasn't yet looked for.
The Arc
Pauri 0: the Guru's "ointment of spiritual wisdom" (anjan) clears the darkness so one can see. Pauri 1: the Name as the one companion "in the end." Pauri 2: the poignant image — "the jewel-treasure in their own homes, but still they are hungry." Pauri 3 closes with the rainbird's prayer for its raindrop. Colophon ||4||3||.
Key Vocabulary
Translation Notes
Themes and Cross-Connections
The eye-salve (anjan) recurs in the raag and the GGS (Bihaagraa B00C1146 "ointment of wisdom on my eyes," Anand Sahib). "Treasure at home, yet hungry" restates B00C1185 ("treasure within, don't search outside") and B00C1184 ("hunger won't go" without planting). The rainbird recurs (Bihaagraa B00C1140/1150, Wadahans B00C1178).
For Raag Wadahans
Two gentle pictures for a child. Wisdom is like a soothing medicine for your eyes — it clears away the fog so you can finally see what's real and true. And the poignant one: some people feel hungry and restless inside while the most precious treasure sits right there in their own home — because they've never thought to look within. The good you're longing for is closer than you think.
Last updated: 2026-07-05