Ego is a fever, the Name is the medicine, and grace does the healing.
The Arc
Some people glow with joy, dyed in the True Naam. You can ask the One to be kind and keep you, however the One pleases. You may miss the One so much it aches, like missing someone you love. The meeting comes easily when the Guru brings you close. A greedy mind chases more and feels sorry later. Serving the Guru brings it home again. Your body is air and water, and ego is its hardest sickness. Singing the Naam is the medicine. Wanting and pride can burn like rivers of fire. The Guru shelters you, and you carry the cool nectar of the One in your heart. At the centre, the Rahao: the Guru is dear to you, and through the Guru you meet the One with ease.
Key Vocabulary
nihaalaa — shining, uplifted with joy.
deen dayaal — kind to the meek and humble.
darshan / sahj — the blessed sight of the One / natural, effortless ease.
haumai rog / daaroo — the fever of ego / the Name as medicine.
chaar nadeeaa agnee — the burning of desire and pride as rivers of fire.
ur amrit dhaaray — enshrining the nectar-Name in the heart.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ego-as-illness is a keynote of Gurbani and recurs across Basant; the cool-nectar-against-fire image pairs with Shabad 13's amrit and Shabad 9's watering of the field. Longing-plus-ease echoes Shabad 6's sahaj jog.
For Raag Basant
In the spring raag, the burning of desire is answered by cool nectar-water — the same watering that greens a heart also cools its fires.
Hukumnama
Subject: Through the Guru, you meet the One with ease Preview: a joyful glow, an ache to see, a greedy mind, a body of air and water, a medicine, rivers of fire.
Today: Some people glow with joy, dyed in the True Naam. You can ask the One to be kind and keep you, however the One pleases. You may miss the One so much it aches, like missing someone you love. The meeting comes easily when the Guru brings you close. A greedy mind chases more and feels sorry later. Serving the Guru brings it home again. Your body is air and water, and ego is its hardest sickness. Singing the Naam is the medicine. Wanting and pride can burn like rivers of fire. The Guru shelters you, and you carry the cool nectar of the One in your heart.
The Guru is dear to you, and through the Guru you meet the One with ease.
For today: Tell someone you miss that you are thinking of them today.
Ego is a fever, the Name is the medicine, and grace does the healing.
The Arc
Some people glow with joy, dyed in the True Naam. You can ask the One to be kind and keep you, however the One pleases. You may miss the One so much it aches, like missing someone you love. The meeting comes easily when the Guru brings you close. A greedy mind chases more and feels sorry later. Serving the Guru brings it home again. Your body is air and water, and ego is its hardest sickness. Singing the Naam is the medicine. Wanting and pride can burn like rivers of fire. The Guru shelters you, and you carry the cool nectar of the One in your heart. At the centre, the Rahao: the Guru is dear to you, and through the Guru you meet the One with ease.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ego-as-illness is a keynote of Gurbani and recurs across Basant; the cool-nectar-against-fire image pairs with Shabad 13's amrit and Shabad 9's watering of the field. Longing-plus-ease echoes Shabad 6's sahaj jog.
For Raag Basant
In the spring raag, the burning of desire is answered by cool nectar-water — the same watering that greens a heart also cools its fires.
Hukumnama
Subject: Through the Guru, you meet the One with ease Preview: a joyful glow, an ache to see, a greedy mind, a body of air and water, a medicine, rivers of fire.
Today: Some people glow with joy, dyed in the True Naam. You can ask the One to be kind and keep you, however the One pleases. You may miss the One so much it aches, like missing someone you love. The meeting comes easily when the Guru brings you close. A greedy mind chases more and feels sorry later. Serving the Guru brings it home again. Your body is air and water, and ego is its hardest sickness. Singing the Naam is the medicine. Wanting and pride can burn like rivers of fire. The Guru shelters you, and you carry the cool nectar of the One in your heart.
The Guru is dear to you, and through the Guru you meet the One with ease.
For today: Tell someone you miss that you are thinking of them today.