Raga Suhi

 

Raga Suhi

The verses in this raga appears on a total of 67 pages from 728 to 795 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. It is an expression of such devotion that the listener experiences feelings of extreme closeness and undying love. The listener is bathed in that love and genuinely comes to know what it means to adore. Within this Raga they used the Ghars or Sub sections. Guru Nanak Dev Ji used Ghar 1,2,3,4,6.7.9. and 10. Guru Amar Das ji used Ghar 1,2,3 and 10. Guru Ram Das ji Used 1,2,3,5,6,7, and 10 Ghars, while Guru Arjan Dev ji used Ghar 1,2,3,,4,5,,6,7,9 and 10. Bhagats have not been assigned any Ghar as their verses are not very long.

Suhi is classified as Ragini of Megha and was a favourite with Muslims and was considered appropriate for the Summers. It belongs to Kah thaat and its performance time is late morning. In the Sacred Grant two variants of it -Raga Suhi Lalit and Raga Suhi Kafi have been given. Its Aroha is Sa,Re,Ga,Ma,Pa,Ni,Dha, Ni, Sa and avroha is Sa, Ni, Dha, Pa, Ma, Ga, Re, Sa. Its Vadi is Pa and Samvadi is Sa . There are nearly 130 hymns ,a var and many shlokas composed in it.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji

The Lord resides within you, O Mind why you wander in search of Him, out and far.

And forsake the Lord’s Nectar and lick the Poison? Reflect on such a wisdom, O my mind.

That you became the devotee of the True One alone – Pause

Everyone talks of Wisdom and Cogitation.

But bound to the Bonds of Desire everyone beats wings in vain.

Guru Ram Das Ji

My Mind Dwells on the Lord’s Name through the Word of the Guru.

And all my Mind’s Desires are fulfilled, and the fear of the Yama is dispelled.

O’ my mind, Praise the Lord and His Name.

And your Guru in his Mercy will instruct you in the Lord’s Wisdom and you will Drink the Essence of the Lord in Joy. Pause.

Blessed is the society of the Guru-Saints which makes one Sing the Praises of the Lord.

O’God, be Merciful and lead me on to the Society of the Holy; I’ll Wash the Feet of Your Saints.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji

The Juggler Performs His many Feats, and Exhibits Himself in many Roles.

But when He lays aside the Mask, and ends His play,then the One alone remains,yea the One alone.

How many forms become manifest and then disappear.

Pray, where did they come from and wither did they go?

Many are the waves that arise in Sea. The gold is beaten into a myriad patterns.

The seed spreads out in a myriad branches. But when it blooms, the fruit yields the same seed.

Guru Amar Das Ji

Praise not the world which will pass away. Nor praise the people who are reduced to dust.

Glory be to my Eternal Lord: Yea, you praise Him- the True,Self-dependent Being. Pause.

The Egocentrics who love the world are burnt by their Craving;

They are punished in Yama’s abode, and do not get opportunity again.

Guru Angad Dev Ji

That what flows, mingles with what is flowing, that what blows, mingles with what is blowing.

Life merges in life, death in death. So let us Praise the One from whom everything comes.

Bhagat Kabir Ji

Taking birth as man, what indeed have you achieved, O man. If you Contemplated not your Lord?

You dwell not on God; then to what else are you dedicated?

O’ unfortunate one, what indeed have you done to save yourself from Death ?

You bring sustenance to your family going through pleasure and pain,

But when you die, you suffer alone, all by yourself.

Bhagat Ravidas Ji

Only that Bride knows the worth of the Lord, who sheds her Ego, and revels with her Lord in Peace.

She surrenders her body and mind to her Spouse and remains not distinct from Him.

And, she neither Sees another, nor Hears another.

Sheikh Farid

I writhe in Pain, in utter remorse. Like mad, I seek out my God.

My Lord has become cross with me. But the evil is within me, my God is not to be blamed.

I knew not the Glory of my Lord, and now when my youth has wasted away, I Grieve.

O’ black Koel, why have you turned black ? I was burnt black due to separation from my Spouse.

Pray, how can one, without God, be at Peace? But when the Lord is Merciful, He Unites one with Himself.