Sing with your tongue, bow to the holy, and the door opens by grace.
The Arc
Use your voice today to sing about the One. Bow to holy people, again and again. Through them, the One comes to live inside you. You can try a hundred clever ways to find the door. It opens when the One is kind. Then remembering comes. A million rituals cannot wash you clean inside. Your mind wakes up among people who remember the One together. Chasing pleasure after pleasure never ends your thirst. The Naam brings complete peace. When the One is kind, the tangles in your life come loose. At the centre, the Rahao: sing of the One and bow to holy people, and the One comes to live inside you.
Key Vocabulary
keerat — praise, the song of the One's qualities
saaDhsangat — the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One, where the mind awakens
tarisan / maa-i-aa — thirst; the shimmering, passing world that never fills it
janjaal — the tangles and entanglements grace loosens
Themes and Cross-Connections
The contrast of empty ritual against awakened company is a recurring Gurbani theme; here Guru Arjan keeps it warm, with rescue and grace at its heart. Grace, always present and received as a gift, runs through the whole shabad.
For Raag Kaanraa
Guru Arjan's short Kaanraa shabads pour out in a steady, comforting voice — longing answered by nearness, company, and the ease of grace.
Hukumnama
Subject: Sing of the One and bow to the holy Preview: a singing tongue, a door opened by kindness, a million rituals, a thirst for more, tangles coming loose.
Today: Use your voice today to sing about the One. Bow to holy people, again and again. Through them, the One comes to live inside you. You can try a hundred clever ways to find the door. It opens when the One is kind. Then remembering comes. A million rituals cannot wash you clean inside. Your mind wakes up among people who remember the One together. Chasing pleasure after pleasure never ends your thirst. The Naam brings complete peace. When the One is kind, the tangles in your life come loose.
Sing of the One and bow to holy people, and the One comes to live inside you.
For today: Sing one line of praise out loud today, and greet someone wise with respect.
Sing with your tongue, bow to the holy, and the door opens by grace.
The Arc
Use your voice today to sing about the One. Bow to holy people, again and again. Through them, the One comes to live inside you. You can try a hundred clever ways to find the door. It opens when the One is kind. Then remembering comes. A million rituals cannot wash you clean inside. Your mind wakes up among people who remember the One together. Chasing pleasure after pleasure never ends your thirst. The Naam brings complete peace. When the One is kind, the tangles in your life come loose. At the centre, the Rahao: sing of the One and bow to holy people, and the One comes to live inside you.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The contrast of empty ritual against awakened company is a recurring Gurbani theme; here Guru Arjan keeps it warm, with rescue and grace at its heart. Grace, always present and received as a gift, runs through the whole shabad.
For Raag Kaanraa
Guru Arjan's short Kaanraa shabads pour out in a steady, comforting voice — longing answered by nearness, company, and the ease of grace.
Hukumnama
Subject: Sing of the One and bow to the holy Preview: a singing tongue, a door opened by kindness, a million rituals, a thirst for more, tangles coming loose.
Today: Use your voice today to sing about the One. Bow to holy people, again and again. Through them, the One comes to live inside you. You can try a hundred clever ways to find the door. It opens when the One is kind. Then remembering comes. A million rituals cannot wash you clean inside. Your mind wakes up among people who remember the One together. Chasing pleasure after pleasure never ends your thirst. The Naam brings complete peace. When the One is kind, the tangles in your life come loose.
Sing of the One and bow to holy people, and the One comes to live inside you.
For today: Sing one line of praise out loud today, and greet someone wise with respect.