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Gurbani Raag: Kedara

Kedara is an old raga dating from Guru Nanak's time or even earlier which has become a very important and popular North Indian raga today. It is supposed to possess magical qualities, if correctly performed, which can heal the sick. In the Ragmala, Kedara is a putra (son) of Megha but currently is in the Kalvan thata. Kedara was used by Guru Ram Das and Guru Arjan for a few short hymns. Several forms of Kedara have been and still are in use. Thus considerable freedom of choice may be exercised by the performer as to how this raga be performed in association with a given test. In the most commonly used form, Kedara is performed during the first quarter of the night and is particularly auspicious when the moon is visible, a planet with which it has long been associated. The mood is one of contemplation associated with a sort of ascetic idealism. The sadness expressed in Ragmala paintings suggests the longing of man for the Supreme Being when this raga accompanies a sabda. The Kedara scale is vakra (crooked) with unusual intervals:
Aroh : Sa Ma, Ma Pa, Dha Pa, Ni Dha Sa
Avroh : Sa Ni Dha Pa, M'a Pa Dha Pa Ma, Ma Re Sa
Vadi : Ma
Samvadi : Sa

rwgu kydwrw bwxI kbIr jIau kI (1123-1)
raag kaydaaraa banee kabeer jee-o kee
Raag Kaydaaraa, The Word Of Kabeer Jee:
<> siqgur pRswid ] (1123-1)
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
kwm k®oD iqRsnw ky lIny giq nhI eykY jwnI ] (1123-18, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
kaam kroDh tarisnaa kay leenay gat nahee aykai jaanee.
You are engrossed with unsatisfied sexual desire and unresolved anger; you
do not know the State of the One Lord.
PUtI AwKY kCU n sUJY bUif mUey ibnu pwnI ]1] (1123-18, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
footee aakhai kachhoo na soojhai bood moo-ay bin paanee. ||1||
Your eyes are blinded, and you see nothing at all. You drown and die without
water. ||1||
clq kq tyFy tyFy tyFy ] (1124-1, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
chalat kat taydhay taydhay taydhay.
Why do you walk in that crooked, zig-zag way?
Asiq crm ibstw ky mUMdy durgMD hI ky byFy ]1] rhwau ] (1124-1, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
asat charam bistaa kay moonday durganDh hee kay baydhay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
You are nothing more than a bundle of bones, wrapped in skin, filled with
manure; you give off such a rotten smell! ||1||Pause||
rwm n jphu kvn BRm BUly qum qy kwlu n dUry ] (1124-2, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
raam na japahu kavan bharam bhoolay tum tay kaal na dooray.
You do not meditate on the Lord. What doubts have confused and deluded
you? Death is not far away from you!
Aink jqn kir iehu qnu rwKhu rhY AvsQw pUry ]2] (1124-2, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
anik jatan kar ih tan raakho rahai avasthaa pooray. ||2||
Making all sorts of efforts, you manage to preserve this body, but it shall only
survive until its time is up. ||2||
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Awpn kIAw kCU n hovY ikAw ko krY prwnI ] (1124-3, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
aapan kee-aa kachhoo na hovai ki-aa ko karai paraanee.
By one's own efforts, nothing is done. What can the mere mortal accomplish?
jw iqsu BwvY siqguru BytY eyko nwmu bKwnI ]3] (1124-4, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
jaa tis bhaavai satgur bhaytai ayko naam bakhaanee. ||3||
When it pleases the Lord, the mortal meets the True Guru, and chants the
Name of the One Lord. ||3||
blUAw ky GrUAw mih bsqy Pulvq dyh AieAwny ] (1124-4, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
baloo-aa kay gharoo-aa meh bastay fulvat dayh a-i-aanay.
You live in a house of sand, but you still puff up your body - you ignorant
fool!
khu kbIr ijh rwmu n cyiqE bUfy bhuqu isAwny ]4]4] (1124-5, kydwrw, Bgq kbIr jI)
kaho kabeer jih raam na chayti-o booday bahut si-aanay. ||4||4||
Says Kabeer, those who do not remember the Lord may be very clever, but
they still drown. ||4||4||