A life spent chasing mirages leaves the heart still thirsty, and the One lifts the sinking into the Sangat.
The Arc
Some things look sweet from far away. A deer on a hot day sees shimmering water ahead and runs and runs. The water is never there. Grabbing, fibbing and putting people down work the same way. They promise a lot and leave you thirsty. Picture a mouse chewing through a whole stack of paper. Lots of effort, and not one bite to eat. Anyone can lose time this way. So ask for help: be kind, loosen what holds me. The One lifts up whoever is sinking and sets them down safe in the Sangat. At the centre, the Rahao: a life away from the One slips by empty, like paper chewed by a mouse.
Key Vocabulary
marig trisnaa: the deer's thirst, the mirage
aas mithi-aa meethee: false hopes believed sweet
saakat kee aavradaa jaa-ay barithaaree: a life turned away passes emptily
jaisay kaagad kay bhaar moosaa: like a mouse in a pile of paper
saaDh janaa sangaaree: joined to the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One
Themes and Cross-Connections
The marig trisnaa, mirage-thirst, is Gurbani's precise image for chasing jhooth, the unreal that looks sweet and washes off. The whole verse tilts toward hope: the saakat is not condemned but mirrored — anyone can lose seasons this way — and the close is rescue, the sinking lifted into the Sangat, keeping Guru Arjan's steady faith that no one is beyond being drawn back.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
The raag of longing here exposes a false longing — the thirst that runs toward mirage — and points the ache toward water that is actually there.
Translation Notes
Saakat, the one turned from the One, is rendered as 'a life cut off from the One' with self-mirroring rather than contempt, and the literal 'poor wretch' is dropped, per the project's influence-wisdom-not-contempt handling of saakat verses and its gentle-self-address rule.
Hukumnama
Subject: Life away from the One slips by empty Preview: a deer running at a mirage, a mouse chewing a stack of paper, and a hand that lifts the sinking.
Today: Some things look sweet from far away. A deer on a hot day sees shimmering water ahead and runs and runs. The water is never there. Grabbing, fibbing and putting people down work the same way. They promise a lot and leave you thirsty. Picture a mouse chewing through a whole stack of paper. Lots of effort, and not one bite to eat. Hours on a game that leaves you empty can feel like that. Anyone can lose time this way. So ask for help: be kind, loosen what holds me. The One lifts up whoever is sinking and sets them down safe in the Sangat.
Time away from the One slips by empty, and the Sangat brings you back.
For today: Swap one empty scroll today for ten minutes with people who help you remember the One.
A life spent chasing mirages leaves the heart still thirsty, and the One lifts the sinking into the Sangat.
The Arc
Some things look sweet from far away. A deer on a hot day sees shimmering water ahead and runs and runs. The water is never there. Grabbing, fibbing and putting people down work the same way. They promise a lot and leave you thirsty. Picture a mouse chewing through a whole stack of paper. Lots of effort, and not one bite to eat. Anyone can lose time this way. So ask for help: be kind, loosen what holds me. The One lifts up whoever is sinking and sets them down safe in the Sangat. At the centre, the Rahao: a life away from the One slips by empty, like paper chewed by a mouse.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The marig trisnaa, mirage-thirst, is Gurbani's precise image for chasing jhooth, the unreal that looks sweet and washes off. The whole verse tilts toward hope: the saakat is not condemned but mirrored — anyone can lose seasons this way — and the close is rescue, the sinking lifted into the Sangat, keeping Guru Arjan's steady faith that no one is beyond being drawn back.
For Raag Dhanaasaree
The raag of longing here exposes a false longing — the thirst that runs toward mirage — and points the ache toward water that is actually there.
Translation Notes
Saakat, the one turned from the One, is rendered as 'a life cut off from the One' with self-mirroring rather than contempt, and the literal 'poor wretch' is dropped, per the project's influence-wisdom-not-contempt handling of saakat verses and its gentle-self-address rule.
Hukumnama
Subject: Life away from the One slips by empty Preview: a deer running at a mirage, a mouse chewing a stack of paper, and a hand that lifts the sinking.
Today: Some things look sweet from far away. A deer on a hot day sees shimmering water ahead and runs and runs. The water is never there. Grabbing, fibbing and putting people down work the same way. They promise a lot and leave you thirsty. Picture a mouse chewing through a whole stack of paper. Lots of effort, and not one bite to eat. Hours on a game that leaves you empty can feel like that. Anyone can lose time this way. So ask for help: be kind, loosen what holds me. The One lifts up whoever is sinking and sets them down safe in the Sangat.
Time away from the One slips by empty, and the Sangat brings you back.
For today: Swap one empty scroll today for ten minutes with people who help you remember the One.