Khoob, kudrat, Khuda, gareeb nivaaj, Allah: many words of praise, all pointing at the same One.
The Arc
Some things are so good you say it again and again. Excellent, excellent, excellent. That is how the Naam feels. Pride and showing off feel the opposite, hollow every time. Look at the people who live close to the One. They are beautiful to see. Without the Naam, everything else is ash. Look closely at a leaf or a snowflake. Everything made is a wonder, and the True King's praise has no price. When you have no one to lean on, the One holds you up. Remember the One who cares for the humble, day and night. Keep the One as close as your heart and your breath. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam is excellent through and through, and the world's pride is empty.
Key Vocabulary
khoob — excellent, beautiful (Persian)
jhooth — false; worldly pride
deedaar — vision, sight (Persian); the beauty of the One's people
kudrat — creative power (Persian/Arabic)
sachay paatisaah — True King (Persian)
khudaa-ay / gareeb nivaaj / Allah — Khuda; Cherisher of the poor; Allah: names of the One in the vocabulary of Islam
dil — heart (Persian)
Themes and Cross-Connections
The honoring of the lowly (gareeb nivaaj, support of the unsupported) is a caste-leveling thread running through Gurbani. The praise-of-creation motif connects to the philosophy notes on wonder.
For Raag Bhairao
Bhairao's bright, intense dawn energy suits the shabad's exuberant, fivefold praise — a raag that wakes the world matched with a Name repeated like the sunrise.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam is excellent; pride is empty Preview: excellent five times over, beautiful faces, a pile of ash, a snowflake, a hand under the humble.
Today: Some things are so good you say it again and again. Excellent, excellent, excellent. That is how the Naam feels. Pride and showing off feel the opposite, hollow every time. Look at the people who live close to the One. They are beautiful to see. Without the Naam, everything else is ash. Look closely at a leaf or a snowflake. Everything made is a wonder, and the True King's praise has no price. When you have no one to lean on, the One holds you up. Remember the One who cares for the humble, day and night. Keep the One as close as your heart and your breath.
The Naam is excellent through and through, and the world's pride is empty.
For today: Look closely at one ordinary thing today, say "excellent" out loud, and remember the Naam.
Khoob, kudrat, Khuda, gareeb nivaaj, Allah: many words of praise, all pointing at the same One.
The Arc
Some things are so good you say it again and again. Excellent, excellent, excellent. That is how the Naam feels. Pride and showing off feel the opposite, hollow every time. Look at the people who live close to the One. They are beautiful to see. Without the Naam, everything else is ash. Look closely at a leaf or a snowflake. Everything made is a wonder, and the True King's praise has no price. When you have no one to lean on, the One holds you up. Remember the One who cares for the humble, day and night. Keep the One as close as your heart and your breath. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam is excellent through and through, and the world's pride is empty.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The honoring of the lowly (gareeb nivaaj, support of the unsupported) is a caste-leveling thread running through Gurbani. The praise-of-creation motif connects to the philosophy notes on wonder.
For Raag Bhairao
Bhairao's bright, intense dawn energy suits the shabad's exuberant, fivefold praise — a raag that wakes the world matched with a Name repeated like the sunrise.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam is excellent; pride is empty Preview: excellent five times over, beautiful faces, a pile of ash, a snowflake, a hand under the humble.
Today: Some things are so good you say it again and again. Excellent, excellent, excellent. That is how the Naam feels. Pride and showing off feel the opposite, hollow every time. Look at the people who live close to the One. They are beautiful to see. Without the Naam, everything else is ash. Look closely at a leaf or a snowflake. Everything made is a wonder, and the True King's praise has no price. When you have no one to lean on, the One holds you up. Remember the One who cares for the humble, day and night. Keep the One as close as your heart and your breath.
The Naam is excellent through and through, and the world's pride is empty.
For today: Look closely at one ordinary thing today, say "excellent" out loud, and remember the Naam.