The bonds slip off at one kind glance; the Name is a medicine so complete no sickness takes hold — listen, sing, and be kept far from harm.
The Arc
Some days you feel tied up in knots. Worry, a cold, a mistake you keep replaying. Then someone kind looks your way, and the knots start to loosen. The Guru's kindness works like that. It takes the ache away and leaves your mind and body cool, like a damp cloth on a hot forehead. The Naam is a medicine you can carry everywhere. Take it with the Sangat, and love warms you through. Turn your attention all the way inside, and old mistakes wash off. Listen to good words, sing them, and trouble stays at the edge of the yard. At the centre, the Rahao: the Guru's mercy, and a mind and body cooled and at peace.
Key Vocabulary
nadar nihaal: the glance of grace that fills with joy
man tan seetal: mind and body cooled and eased
a-ukhadh har kaa naam: the Name as complete medicine
antar liv laa-ee: attention centered all the way within
mahaa mantar: the Great Word — the true remedy
Themes and Cross-Connections
Naam-as-medicine is the spine of this shabad and a keynote of Bilaaval, the raag Guru Arjan often tunes toward healing. Illness and pain are named with dignity and answered with cooling, never with fear.
For Raag Bilaaval
A luminous Bilaaval healing shabad: sickness eased, mind cooled, the Name held like a remedy always at hand.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Guru's mercy cools mind and body Preview: cut ropes, a kind glance, a medicine for every sickness, and trouble kept far away.
Today: Some days you feel tied up in knots. Worry, a cold, a mistake you keep replaying. Then someone kind looks your way, and the knots start to loosen. The Guru's kindness works like that. It takes the ache away and leaves your mind and body cool, like a damp cloth on a hot forehead. The Naam is a medicine you can carry everywhere. Take it with the Sangat, and love warms you through. Turn your attention all the way inside, and old mistakes wash off. Listen to good words, sing them, and trouble stays at the edge of the yard.
The Guru's mercy leaves you cool and well.
For today: When you feel tense today, sit still for one minute and say the Naam slowly.
The bonds slip off at one kind glance; the Name is a medicine so complete no sickness takes hold — listen, sing, and be kept far from harm.
The Arc
Some days you feel tied up in knots. Worry, a cold, a mistake you keep replaying. Then someone kind looks your way, and the knots start to loosen. The Guru's kindness works like that. It takes the ache away and leaves your mind and body cool, like a damp cloth on a hot forehead. The Naam is a medicine you can carry everywhere. Take it with the Sangat, and love warms you through. Turn your attention all the way inside, and old mistakes wash off. Listen to good words, sing them, and trouble stays at the edge of the yard. At the centre, the Rahao: the Guru's mercy, and a mind and body cooled and at peace.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Naam-as-medicine is the spine of this shabad and a keynote of Bilaaval, the raag Guru Arjan often tunes toward healing. Illness and pain are named with dignity and answered with cooling, never with fear.
For Raag Bilaaval
A luminous Bilaaval healing shabad: sickness eased, mind cooled, the Name held like a remedy always at hand.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Guru's mercy cools mind and body Preview: cut ropes, a kind glance, a medicine for every sickness, and trouble kept far away.
Today: Some days you feel tied up in knots. Worry, a cold, a mistake you keep replaying. Then someone kind looks your way, and the knots start to loosen. The Guru's kindness works like that. It takes the ache away and leaves your mind and body cool, like a damp cloth on a hot forehead. The Naam is a medicine you can carry everywhere. Take it with the Sangat, and love warms you through. Turn your attention all the way inside, and old mistakes wash off. Listen to good words, sing them, and trouble stays at the edge of the yard.
The Guru's mercy leaves you cool and well.
For today: When you feel tense today, sit still for one minute and say the Naam slowly.