In every age the One is known the same way, and the Name is the greatness of them all.
The Arc
People have lived through many ages. In every one, some wandered lost like ghosts and a few woke up. Only a rare few quieted the ego. In every age, those who face the Guru know the same One, and the Naam brings greatness. When the Naam lives in your heart, it steadies you, and the good reaches your whole family. Every good quality you have is a gift. The Word burns away faults the way sun burns off fog, and a heart full of the Naam shines. The True Guru shows you the One's home. There, whatever comes, you take as good. At the centre, the Rahao: in every age, greatness comes through the Naam.
Key Vocabulary
yugas (Sat, Tretaa, Dwaapur, Kal) — the four ages of the Puranic cycle.
param hans — the supreme swans, the awakened ones of the golden age.
kul taaray — saving one’s whole lineage along with oneself.
gun kaa daataa — the One as giver of every good quality.
ralee-aa — the joyful delight of the One’s felt nearness.
Themes and Cross-Connections
One truth across all the ages runs through all of Gurbani. The family-ripple (kul) echoes Shabad 15 (Shabad 15), and faults burned away as a freeing matches the picture of ego as a sickness to heal.
For Raag Bhairao
The sweep across the ages fits Bhairao’s grand, bright character while staying warm.
Hukumnama
Subject: In every age, the Naam brings greatness Preview: four ages, wandering ghosts and soul-swans, a family carried across, faults burned off like fog.
Today: People have lived through many ages. In every one, some wandered lost like ghosts and a few woke up. Only a rare few quieted the ego. In every age, those who face the Guru know the same One, and the Naam brings greatness. When the Naam lives in your heart, it steadies you, and the good reaches your whole family. Every good quality you have is a gift. The Word burns away faults the way sun burns off fog, and a heart full of the Naam shines. The True Guru shows you the One's home. There, whatever comes, you take as good.
In every age, greatness comes through the Naam.
For today: Tell someone in your family one good quality you see in them.
In every age the One is known the same way, and the Name is the greatness of them all.
The Arc
People have lived through many ages. In every one, some wandered lost like ghosts and a few woke up. Only a rare few quieted the ego. In every age, those who face the Guru know the same One, and the Naam brings greatness. When the Naam lives in your heart, it steadies you, and the good reaches your whole family. Every good quality you have is a gift. The Word burns away faults the way sun burns off fog, and a heart full of the Naam shines. The True Guru shows you the One's home. There, whatever comes, you take as good. At the centre, the Rahao: in every age, greatness comes through the Naam.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
One truth across all the ages runs through all of Gurbani. The family-ripple (kul) echoes Shabad 15 (Shabad 15), and faults burned away as a freeing matches the picture of ego as a sickness to heal.
For Raag Bhairao
The sweep across the ages fits Bhairao’s grand, bright character while staying warm.
Hukumnama
Subject: In every age, the Naam brings greatness Preview: four ages, wandering ghosts and soul-swans, a family carried across, faults burned off like fog.
Today: People have lived through many ages. In every one, some wandered lost like ghosts and a few woke up. Only a rare few quieted the ego. In every age, those who face the Guru know the same One, and the Naam brings greatness. When the Naam lives in your heart, it steadies you, and the good reaches your whole family. Every good quality you have is a gift. The Word burns away faults the way sun burns off fog, and a heart full of the Naam shines. The True Guru shows you the One's home. There, whatever comes, you take as good.
In every age, greatness comes through the Naam.
For today: Tell someone in your family one good quality you see in them.