The day itself calls you to remember; the ache lifts, and the One is met in the green woods.
The Arc
Every night and every day, a call goes out to you. Remember the One, who keeps you safe all your life and at the end. Keep the One in your thoughts. Sing, and heaviness and sadness break apart. Live only for your own wanting, and ego trips you again and again until your time runs out. Face the Guru, and your love stays tied to the One. The fear of birth and death runs away. The One pours kindness on those who love. Through the Guru, you meet the Lord of the green woods. At the centre, the Rahao: keep the One in mind and sing, and heaviness lifts.
Key Vocabulary
rain dinas du-ay saday pa-ay — night and day, the two calls sent out to remembrance.
aalas dookh bhanj — the One who breaks up dullness and sorrow.
janam maran dukh — the ache of coming and going, lifted.
banvaaree — Lord of the forest and greenery; a spring-flavored name for the One.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Banvaaree ties the divine name directly to the raag's living-green imagery, ending the shabad on a seasonal note. Singing as medicine for heaviness connects to the many Basant shabads where praise lifts the heart.
For Raag Basant
Guru Ram Das closes this shabad by naming the One as Lord of the green woods, met in the whole living, growing world of spring.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One and heaviness lifts Preview: two calls each day, a song that melts heaviness, circles of ego, love that lifts fear, the Lord of the woods
Today: Every night and every day, a call goes out to you. Remember the One, who keeps you safe all your life and at the end. Keep the One in your thoughts. Sing, and heaviness and sadness break apart. Live only for your own wanting, and ego trips you again and again until your time runs out. Face the Guru, and your love stays tied to the One. The fear of birth and death runs away. The One pours kindness on those who love. Through the Guru, you meet the Lord of the green woods.
Keep the One in mind and sing, and heaviness lifts.
For today: When you feel heavy today, hum a song of praise you love and let it lift you.
The day itself calls you to remember; the ache lifts, and the One is met in the green woods.
The Arc
Every night and every day, a call goes out to you. Remember the One, who keeps you safe all your life and at the end. Keep the One in your thoughts. Sing, and heaviness and sadness break apart. Live only for your own wanting, and ego trips you again and again until your time runs out. Face the Guru, and your love stays tied to the One. The fear of birth and death runs away. The One pours kindness on those who love. Through the Guru, you meet the Lord of the green woods. At the centre, the Rahao: keep the One in mind and sing, and heaviness lifts.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Banvaaree ties the divine name directly to the raag's living-green imagery, ending the shabad on a seasonal note. Singing as medicine for heaviness connects to the many Basant shabads where praise lifts the heart.
For Raag Basant
Guru Ram Das closes this shabad by naming the One as Lord of the green woods, met in the whole living, growing world of spring.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One and heaviness lifts Preview: two calls each day, a song that melts heaviness, circles of ego, love that lifts fear, the Lord of the woods
Today: Every night and every day, a call goes out to you. Remember the One, who keeps you safe all your life and at the end. Keep the One in your thoughts. Sing, and heaviness and sadness break apart. Live only for your own wanting, and ego trips you again and again until your time runs out. Face the Guru, and your love stays tied to the One. The fear of birth and death runs away. The One pours kindness on those who love. Through the Guru, you meet the Lord of the green woods.
Keep the One in mind and sing, and heaviness lifts.
For today: When you feel heavy today, hum a song of praise you love and let it lift you.