You are a treasure fortress -- and you are carried safely across.
The Arc
Picture your body as a house with ten doors. Five sneaky thieves keep trying to slip in: anger, greed, and their friends. The same house is a fortress packed with jewels, all the good in you. When wisdom wakes up, the Guru's Word catches the thieves and locks them away. The Naam is a strong boat, and the Guru's Word rows you across the widest water. Nothing can take what you carry. Sing of the One day and night, and your wandering mind comes home to the sound of drums. From that calm place, you see the same Light in everyone. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam is my support, and I cannot live a moment without it.
Key Vocabulary
das du-aar: the ten gates
panch chor: the five thieves
kanchan kot: the golden fortress
bohithaa: the boat
neesaan: the celestial drum
turee-aa gun: the fourth, transcendent state
ayk darisat: the single impartial eye
deen da-i-aal: merciful to the humble
Themes and Cross-Connections
The body as both danger and treasure; safe passage across; equality and oneness; grace toward the lowly. Closes the First Set with a vision of one Light in all.
For Raag Bilaaval
The raag's forward brightness suits the imagery of a safe crossing and a joyful homecoming.
Translation Notes
The 'messenger of death, the tax collector' (Pauri 4) is rendered as safety and fearlessness rather than death-terror. The single-impartial-eye verse (Pauri 7) is foregrounded as caste- and rank-leveling equality.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam is my support, every moment Preview: a house with ten doors, five thieves, a fortress of jewels, a boat with a boatman, and a booming drum.
Today: Picture your body as a house with ten doors. Five sneaky thieves keep trying to slip in: anger, greed, and their friends. The same house is a fortress packed with jewels, all the good in you. When wisdom wakes up, the Guru's Word catches the thieves and locks them away. The Naam is a strong boat, and the Guru's Word rows you across the widest water. Nothing can take what you carry. Sing of the One day and night, and your wandering mind comes home to the sound of drums. From that calm place, you see the same Light in everyone.
The Naam is the support you lean on, every moment.
For today: When you feel anger sneaking in today, stop and say the Naam once before you answer.
You are a treasure fortress -- and you are carried safely across.
The Arc
Picture your body as a house with ten doors. Five sneaky thieves keep trying to slip in: anger, greed, and their friends. The same house is a fortress packed with jewels, all the good in you. When wisdom wakes up, the Guru's Word catches the thieves and locks them away. The Naam is a strong boat, and the Guru's Word rows you across the widest water. Nothing can take what you carry. Sing of the One day and night, and your wandering mind comes home to the sound of drums. From that calm place, you see the same Light in everyone. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam is my support, and I cannot live a moment without it.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The body as both danger and treasure; safe passage across; equality and oneness; grace toward the lowly. Closes the First Set with a vision of one Light in all.
For Raag Bilaaval
The raag's forward brightness suits the imagery of a safe crossing and a joyful homecoming.
Translation Notes
The 'messenger of death, the tax collector' (Pauri 4) is rendered as safety and fearlessness rather than death-terror. The single-impartial-eye verse (Pauri 7) is foregrounded as caste- and rank-leveling equality.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam is my support, every moment Preview: a house with ten doors, five thieves, a fortress of jewels, a boat with a boatman, and a booming drum.
Today: Picture your body as a house with ten doors. Five sneaky thieves keep trying to slip in: anger, greed, and their friends. The same house is a fortress packed with jewels, all the good in you. When wisdom wakes up, the Guru's Word catches the thieves and locks them away. The Naam is a strong boat, and the Guru's Word rows you across the widest water. Nothing can take what you carry. Sing of the One day and night, and your wandering mind comes home to the sound of drums. From that calm place, you see the same Light in everyone.
The Naam is the support you lean on, every moment.
For today: When you feel anger sneaking in today, stop and say the Naam once before you answer.