Ill-will falls apart under its own weight; keep your goodness.
The Arc
Some people go looking for faults. Spot a mistake, and they light up. Hear good news about someone, and they sink. All day they plot and plan, and the plans go nowhere. That is a heavy, tiring way to live. Ill-will falls apart on its own, like a sandcastle when the tide comes in. Nobody has to knock it down. So when someone runs you down, keep your own goodness steady. The One Himself is your guardian. Picture walking home beside a big sister you trust; the kids on the corner stay quiet. With the One beside you, there is nothing for anyone's meanness to grab. At the centre, the Rahao: ill-will crumbles away like a wall of salty sand.
Key Vocabulary
nindak: ill-will, slander
kaalar bheet: a saline-sand wall
buraa chitvat: churning plans that never work
raakhaa aap prabh: the One as protector
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ill-will as self-defeating, keeping one's own goodness, and fearlessness under the One's protection.
For Raag Bilaaval
Even the hardest social sting resolves, in this raag, into steadiness.
Translation Notes
Nindak is the slanderer, the one who runs others down. Ill-will collapses on its own, goodness is worth holding, and the One protects — the same steadiness found elsewhere in Raag Bilaaval when someone is slandered.
Hukumnama
Subject: Ill-will crumbles like a wall of sand Preview: a wall of salty sand, a fault-finder glum at good news, plans that go nowhere, and a guardian.
Today: Some people go looking for faults. Spot a mistake, and they light up. Hear good news about someone, and they sink. All day they plot and plan, and the plans go nowhere. That is a heavy, tiring way to live. Ill-will falls apart on its own, like a sandcastle when the tide comes in. Nobody has to knock it down. So when someone runs you down, keep your own goodness steady. The One Himself is your guardian. Picture walking home beside a big sister you trust; the kids on the corner stay quiet. With the One beside you, there is nothing for anyone's meanness to grab.
Ill-will falls by itself, and the One keeps you safe.
For today: When you catch yourself spotting someone's fault today, name one good thing about them instead.
Ill-will falls apart under its own weight; keep your goodness.
The Arc
Some people go looking for faults. Spot a mistake, and they light up. Hear good news about someone, and they sink. All day they plot and plan, and the plans go nowhere. That is a heavy, tiring way to live. Ill-will falls apart on its own, like a sandcastle when the tide comes in. Nobody has to knock it down. So when someone runs you down, keep your own goodness steady. The One Himself is your guardian. Picture walking home beside a big sister you trust; the kids on the corner stay quiet. With the One beside you, there is nothing for anyone's meanness to grab. At the centre, the Rahao: ill-will crumbles away like a wall of salty sand.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Ill-will as self-defeating, keeping one's own goodness, and fearlessness under the One's protection.
For Raag Bilaaval
Even the hardest social sting resolves, in this raag, into steadiness.
Translation Notes
Nindak is the slanderer, the one who runs others down. Ill-will collapses on its own, goodness is worth holding, and the One protects — the same steadiness found elsewhere in Raag Bilaaval when someone is slandered.
Hukumnama
Subject: Ill-will crumbles like a wall of sand Preview: a wall of salty sand, a fault-finder glum at good news, plans that go nowhere, and a guardian.
Today: Some people go looking for faults. Spot a mistake, and they light up. Hear good news about someone, and they sink. All day they plot and plan, and the plans go nowhere. That is a heavy, tiring way to live. Ill-will falls apart on its own, like a sandcastle when the tide comes in. Nobody has to knock it down. So when someone runs you down, keep your own goodness steady. The One Himself is your guardian. Picture walking home beside a big sister you trust; the kids on the corner stay quiet. With the One beside you, there is nothing for anyone's meanness to grab.
Ill-will falls by itself, and the One keeps you safe.
For today: When you catch yourself spotting someone's fault today, name one good thing about them instead.