The True One is forever fresh, new as this morning, and keeps the One's own safe.
The Arc
The True One is always fresh, new as this morning. Keep saying the Naam. The One looks after you like a mother and a father. Turn your whole heart one way, in love. Stay in the shelter of the Guru, and the True One pulls you close in a hug. The One protects the One's own people. Those who try to harm them wear themselves out. Without the Guru, you wander from place to place and grow tired. What people plant, they harvest. No one can rival the One's people. The One's glory never cracks, so sing it every day. At the centre, the Rahao: keep the One in mind with one heart, and the True One holds you close.
kanth laa-ay — the True One hugs you close in embrace.
oi apnaa beejiaa aap khaahi — we harvest what we plant (karma).
akhand pooran prataap — a glory whole and unbroken.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The ever-new One: renewal and freshness as the Basant note within a shabad of protection.
For Raag Basant
Spring as freshness itself: 'nit navaa' — the True One new as each morning.
Hukumnama
Subject: The True One holds me close in a hug Preview: a Lord always new, a mother and father, a safe hug, wandering through lands, seeds that bear fruit
Today: The True One is always fresh, new as this morning. Keep saying the Naam. The One looks after you like a mother and a father. Turn your whole heart one way, in love. Stay in the shelter of the Guru, and the True One pulls you close in a hug. The One protects the One's own people. Those who try to harm them wear themselves out. Without the Guru, you wander from place to place and grow tired. What people plant, they harvest. No one can rival the One's people. The One's glory never cracks, so sing it every day.
Keep the One in mind with one heart, and the True One holds you close.
For today: Tonight, think of one person who looks after you, and thank them tomorrow.
The True One is forever fresh, new as this morning, and keeps the One's own safe.
The Arc
The True One is always fresh, new as this morning. Keep saying the Naam. The One looks after you like a mother and a father. Turn your whole heart one way, in love. Stay in the shelter of the Guru, and the True One pulls you close in a hug. The One protects the One's own people. Those who try to harm them wear themselves out. Without the Guru, you wander from place to place and grow tired. What people plant, they harvest. No one can rival the One's people. The One's glory never cracks, so sing it every day. At the centre, the Rahao: keep the One in mind with one heart, and the True One holds you close.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The ever-new One: renewal and freshness as the Basant note within a shabad of protection.
For Raag Basant
Spring as freshness itself: 'nit navaa' — the True One new as each morning.
Hukumnama
Subject: The True One holds me close in a hug Preview: a Lord always new, a mother and father, a safe hug, wandering through lands, seeds that bear fruit
Today: The True One is always fresh, new as this morning. Keep saying the Naam. The One looks after you like a mother and a father. Turn your whole heart one way, in love. Stay in the shelter of the Guru, and the True One pulls you close in a hug. The One protects the One's own people. Those who try to harm them wear themselves out. Without the Guru, you wander from place to place and grow tired. What people plant, they harvest. No one can rival the One's people. The One's glory never cracks, so sing it every day.
Keep the One in mind with one heart, and the True One holds you close.
For today: Tonight, think of one person who looks after you, and thank them tomorrow.