Name what binds you honestly, and it can be cut; the long sorrow finds its rest.
The Arc
Some things hold you down like ropes. Clinging too tight. Pride. Tricking people. Doubt. You can name them and ask the One to cut them. Some days the world feels like a sea, with wave after wave of worries. Remember the One, the source of every good thing, and you are lifted out. The Naam is cool on a hot, worried mind. The One you lean on is whole and complete. The One carries the humble across and lifts up whoever has fallen. Even after a very long ache, peace can come. The Guru plants the Naam deep, and it holds. At the centre, the Rahao: in the One's shelter, ask for the ropes of clinging, pride, tricking and doubt to be cut.
Key Vocabulary
bayree — the ropes that bind — named honestly, then cut
boodat sansaar saagar — sinking in the ocean of the world
ratnaagar — the mine or source of jewels
seetlaa — cooling — the soothing quality of the Naam
deen / patit uDhaaran — the humble and poor; the One who lifts up the fallen
Themes and Cross-Connections
Naming the ego's ropes honestly (moh maan Dhoh bharam) and asking to have them cut treats ego as something to heal. The humble and poor (deen) are especially cherished, and patit uDhaaran, the lifter of the fallen, is a welcome for everyone; both sound Guru Arjan's Kaanraa register of mercy and rest.
For Raag Kaanraa
This short shabad answers long-carried sorrow with a planted, rooted peace — Kaanraa's ache brought home.
Hukumnama
Subject: Ask the One to cut the ropes that bind you Preview: ropes that tie you down, a sinking swimmer, a mine of jewels, a cool Naam, a seed planted deep.
Today: Some things hold you down like ropes. Clinging too tight. Pride. Tricking people. Doubt. You can name them and ask the One to cut them. Some days the world feels like a sea, with wave after wave of worries. Remember the One, the source of every good thing, and you are lifted out. The Naam is cool on a hot, worried mind. The One you lean on is whole and complete. The One carries the humble across and lifts up whoever has fallen. Even after a very long ache, peace can come. The Guru plants the Naam deep, and it holds.
Come to the One's shelter, and ask for the ropes of clinging, pride, tricking and doubt to be cut.
For today: Name one habit that ties you down, and ask someone you trust to help you loosen it.
Name what binds you honestly, and it can be cut; the long sorrow finds its rest.
The Arc
Some things hold you down like ropes. Clinging too tight. Pride. Tricking people. Doubt. You can name them and ask the One to cut them. Some days the world feels like a sea, with wave after wave of worries. Remember the One, the source of every good thing, and you are lifted out. The Naam is cool on a hot, worried mind. The One you lean on is whole and complete. The One carries the humble across and lifts up whoever has fallen. Even after a very long ache, peace can come. The Guru plants the Naam deep, and it holds. At the centre, the Rahao: in the One's shelter, ask for the ropes of clinging, pride, tricking and doubt to be cut.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Naming the ego's ropes honestly (moh maan Dhoh bharam) and asking to have them cut treats ego as something to heal. The humble and poor (deen) are especially cherished, and patit uDhaaran, the lifter of the fallen, is a welcome for everyone; both sound Guru Arjan's Kaanraa register of mercy and rest.
For Raag Kaanraa
This short shabad answers long-carried sorrow with a planted, rooted peace — Kaanraa's ache brought home.
Hukumnama
Subject: Ask the One to cut the ropes that bind you Preview: ropes that tie you down, a sinking swimmer, a mine of jewels, a cool Naam, a seed planted deep.
Today: Some things hold you down like ropes. Clinging too tight. Pride. Tricking people. Doubt. You can name them and ask the One to cut them. Some days the world feels like a sea, with wave after wave of worries. Remember the One, the source of every good thing, and you are lifted out. The Naam is cool on a hot, worried mind. The One you lean on is whole and complete. The One carries the humble across and lifts up whoever has fallen. Even after a very long ache, peace can come. The Guru plants the Naam deep, and it holds.
Come to the One's shelter, and ask for the ropes of clinging, pride, tricking and doubt to be cut.
For today: Name one habit that ties you down, and ask someone you trust to help you loosen it.