There is enough at home; be content with what is yours, the One within.
The Arc
Your mind can stroll around like a cow, proud of its shiny tail. It wanders off looking for more. Everything you need is in your own home. Look around there and eat. Stay in your own house. Then the mind gets sneaky. It licks the flour bowl and walks off with the kitchen rags. Its eyes lock on the snack basket hanging up high. Watch out, a stick may whack you from behind. You've had plenty of treats already. Keep grabbing, and it comes flying back at you. Settle down at home, with the One inside you, and enjoy what is yours. At the centre, the Rahao: there is plenty in your own home, so you can stop prowling for more.
Key Vocabulary
is ghar meh — in this house, at home.
dhoondh khaahi — look around and eat.
chaakee — the grinding bowl.
chheekay — the hanging basket.
bhog — indulgence, enjoyment.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Kabir's send-the-seeker-home close mirrors Raamaanand's inward home (Shabad 83) and rounds the whole bhagat block — and the raag — back to contentment with the One already within. The comic tone lightens the raag's ending without losing its point.
For Raag Basant
As the raag's final shabad, this is spring settling into contentment: the seeker is sent home to be fed by what is theirs, the One within, rather than roaming for more. It closes Basant on quiet fullness.
Hukumnama
Subject: There is plenty to eat in your own home Preview: a strolling cow, a shiny tail, a licked flour bowl, missing rags, a hanging basket, a stick and a brick
Today: Your mind can stroll around like a cow, proud of its shiny tail. It wanders off looking for more. Everything you need is in your own home. Look around there and eat. Stay in your own house. Then the mind gets sneaky. It licks the flour bowl and walks off with the kitchen rags. Its eyes lock on the snack basket hanging up high. Watch out, a stick may whack you from behind. You've had plenty of treats already. Keep grabbing, and it comes flying back at you. Settle down at home, with the One inside you, and enjoy what is yours.
There is plenty in your own home, so you can stop prowling for more.
For today: Before you reach for something extra today, name three good things you already have.
There is enough at home; be content with what is yours, the One within.
The Arc
Your mind can stroll around like a cow, proud of its shiny tail. It wanders off looking for more. Everything you need is in your own home. Look around there and eat. Stay in your own house. Then the mind gets sneaky. It licks the flour bowl and walks off with the kitchen rags. Its eyes lock on the snack basket hanging up high. Watch out, a stick may whack you from behind. You've had plenty of treats already. Keep grabbing, and it comes flying back at you. Settle down at home, with the One inside you, and enjoy what is yours. At the centre, the Rahao: there is plenty in your own home, so you can stop prowling for more.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Kabir's send-the-seeker-home close mirrors Raamaanand's inward home (Shabad 83) and rounds the whole bhagat block — and the raag — back to contentment with the One already within. The comic tone lightens the raag's ending without losing its point.
For Raag Basant
As the raag's final shabad, this is spring settling into contentment: the seeker is sent home to be fed by what is theirs, the One within, rather than roaming for more. It closes Basant on quiet fullness.
Hukumnama
Subject: There is plenty to eat in your own home Preview: a strolling cow, a shiny tail, a licked flour bowl, missing rags, a hanging basket, a stick and a brick
Today: Your mind can stroll around like a cow, proud of its shiny tail. It wanders off looking for more. Everything you need is in your own home. Look around there and eat. Stay in your own house. Then the mind gets sneaky. It licks the flour bowl and walks off with the kitchen rags. Its eyes lock on the snack basket hanging up high. Watch out, a stick may whack you from behind. You've had plenty of treats already. Keep grabbing, and it comes flying back at you. Settle down at home, with the One inside you, and enjoy what is yours.
There is plenty in your own home, so you can stop prowling for more.
For today: Before you reach for something extra today, name three good things you already have.