Some people carry the Naam in their heart. Look at them, and you catch a glimpse of the One. Keep the One in your own heart. Inside you live five thieves: wanting too much, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They sneak around and steal your peace. The Guru's Word drives them out. Be content with the One, and the One sets your affairs right. You are free from chasing everyone's approval, because the Creator is on your side. Nothing is outside the One's power. Whatever the One does is good. The One needs no one's advice. In kindness, the One brings you to the Guru. At the centre, the Rahao: keep the One in your heart, and the Guru's Word drives out the five thieves.
Key Vocabulary
mastak bhaag — "destiny on the forehead," an old way of speaking of a blessing given.
panch dhaatoo — the five impulses (lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride), the "thieves" of the body-village.
muhtaajee — anxious dependence on others' approval, which ends.
angeekaar — the One taking one's side.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Freedom from approval-seeking; trust in the One's completeness ("whatever the One does is good"). The five-thieves image recurs across Gurbani as the inner work of the Gurmukh.
For Raag Bhairao
The raag's fierce energy is here turned inward, against the thieves inside.
Hukumnama
Subject: Keep the One close in your heart Preview: a living picture of the One, five thieves in the body-village, a life set right, advice no one needs
Today: Some people carry the Naam in their heart. Look at them, and you catch a glimpse of the One. Keep the One in your own heart. Inside you live five thieves: wanting too much, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They sneak around and steal your peace. The Guru's Word drives them out. Be content with the One, and the One sets your affairs right. You are free from chasing everyone's approval, because the Creator is on your side. Nothing is outside the One's power. Whatever the One does is good. The One needs no one's advice. In kindness, the One brings you to the Guru.
Keep the One in your heart, and the Guru's Word drives out the five thieves.
For today: When anger or greed sneaks in today, name it quietly, then take one slow breath and let it go.
"Enshrine the One in your heart and remember."
The Arc
Some people carry the Naam in their heart. Look at them, and you catch a glimpse of the One. Keep the One in your own heart. Inside you live five thieves: wanting too much, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They sneak around and steal your peace. The Guru's Word drives them out. Be content with the One, and the One sets your affairs right. You are free from chasing everyone's approval, because the Creator is on your side. Nothing is outside the One's power. Whatever the One does is good. The One needs no one's advice. In kindness, the One brings you to the Guru. At the centre, the Rahao: keep the One in your heart, and the Guru's Word drives out the five thieves.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Freedom from approval-seeking; trust in the One's completeness ("whatever the One does is good"). The five-thieves image recurs across Gurbani as the inner work of the Gurmukh.
For Raag Bhairao
The raag's fierce energy is here turned inward, against the thieves inside.
Hukumnama
Subject: Keep the One close in your heart Preview: a living picture of the One, five thieves in the body-village, a life set right, advice no one needs
Today: Some people carry the Naam in their heart. Look at them, and you catch a glimpse of the One. Keep the One in your own heart. Inside you live five thieves: wanting too much, anger, greed, clinging and pride. They sneak around and steal your peace. The Guru's Word drives them out. Be content with the One, and the One sets your affairs right. You are free from chasing everyone's approval, because the Creator is on your side. Nothing is outside the One's power. Whatever the One does is good. The One needs no one's advice. In kindness, the One brings you to the Guru.
Keep the One in your heart, and the Guru's Word drives out the five thieves.
For today: When anger or greed sneaks in today, name it quietly, then take one slow breath and let it go.