Ill-will burns itself out; the friends are kept, so let the heart be carefree.
The Arc
Picture someone at school spreading stories about your friends. You worry. Then the storm blows itself out, the way storms do, and those words lose all their power. The One has kept your friends safe. So you can put the worry down. Meet the Guru, and your hopes come together, like a seed you watered for weeks finally opening. Loving service to the One never goes to waste. The One is too high and too vast to count, and every living being rests in those hands. And that same One walks beside you wherever you go. At the centre, the Rahao: friends kept safe by the One, and a heart free of worry.
Key Vocabulary
meet hamaaray saajnaa raakhay: my friends and dear ones kept safe
tumH hohu nichind: be carefree, free of worry
safal jaa kee sayv: whose service is fruitful
jat kat mayrai saath: with me everywhere
Themes and Cross-Connections
The second of the paired slander-shabads. Its comfort is nichind — carefreeness — the same easy freedom the raag loves. Hostility is shown undoing itself, and the singer is told simply to stop worrying.
For Raag Bilaaval
Bilaaval's carefree keynote (achint / nichind) surfaces plainly here: the whole shabad is an invitation to set worry down.
Translation Notes
The literal nindak mirtak ho-ay ga-ay says the slanderers have died. No death of enemies is gloated over here; the sense is carried as ill-will running out of its own strength and losing its power to harm, so the heart can be carefree.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One keeps your friends safe, so rest easy Preview: friends kept safe, ill-will blown out like a storm, every hope fulfilled, and a Companion everywhere.
Today: Picture someone at school spreading stories about your friends. You worry. Then the storm blows itself out, the way storms do, and those words lose all their power. The One has kept your friends safe. So you can put the worry down. Meet the Guru, and your hopes come together, like a seed you watered for weeks finally opening. Loving service to the One never goes to waste. The One is too high and too vast to count, and every living being rests in those hands. And that same One walks beside you wherever you go.
The One keeps your friends safe, so rest easy.
For today: Name one worry about a friend, hand it to the One, and let it go before bed.
Ill-will burns itself out; the friends are kept, so let the heart be carefree.
The Arc
Picture someone at school spreading stories about your friends. You worry. Then the storm blows itself out, the way storms do, and those words lose all their power. The One has kept your friends safe. So you can put the worry down. Meet the Guru, and your hopes come together, like a seed you watered for weeks finally opening. Loving service to the One never goes to waste. The One is too high and too vast to count, and every living being rests in those hands. And that same One walks beside you wherever you go. At the centre, the Rahao: friends kept safe by the One, and a heart free of worry.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The second of the paired slander-shabads. Its comfort is nichind — carefreeness — the same easy freedom the raag loves. Hostility is shown undoing itself, and the singer is told simply to stop worrying.
For Raag Bilaaval
Bilaaval's carefree keynote (achint / nichind) surfaces plainly here: the whole shabad is an invitation to set worry down.
Translation Notes
The literal nindak mirtak ho-ay ga-ay says the slanderers have died. No death of enemies is gloated over here; the sense is carried as ill-will running out of its own strength and losing its power to harm, so the heart can be carefree.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One keeps your friends safe, so rest easy Preview: friends kept safe, ill-will blown out like a storm, every hope fulfilled, and a Companion everywhere.
Today: Picture someone at school spreading stories about your friends. You worry. Then the storm blows itself out, the way storms do, and those words lose all their power. The One has kept your friends safe. So you can put the worry down. Meet the Guru, and your hopes come together, like a seed you watered for weeks finally opening. Loving service to the One never goes to waste. The One is too high and too vast to count, and every living being rests in those hands. And that same One walks beside you wherever you go.
The One keeps your friends safe, so rest easy.
For today: Name one worry about a friend, hand it to the One, and let it go before bed.