Plant the Name in me - it is my family, my road-companion, and my home.
The Arc
Some things you carry last only a little while. The Naam is a treasure you can take everywhere. It walks with you here and in whatever comes after. When the road gets narrow and steep, it gets you through. Ask the Guru to plant it deep in you, like roots. Then look at who the One is to you: mother, father, child and family, all at once. You might miss the One the way you miss a grandparent across the world. Fold your hands to whoever brings you close. Forgetting leaves you going in circles. Come to the door and ask to be let in. You will be. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam, planted deep by the Guru, and the One as mother, father and all one's family.
Key Vocabulary
drirh-aa-ay - plant firmly, set deep within
birhee - the ache of love-longing, viraha
halat palat - here and hereafter, this life and beyond
avghat - the steep, narrow way
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Name as family; love-longing as a form of devotion; refuge freely given.
For Raag Maaroo
The "narrow steep street" and the "end of the road" are Maaroo's terrain, and here the Name is promised precisely there, turning the hard passage into a place of freedom rather than dread.
Hukumnama
Subject: Let the Guru plant the Naam deep in you Preview: a treasure for the road, a narrow steep lane, mother and father in one, a longing, and an open door.
Today: Some things you carry last only a little while. The Naam is a treasure you can take everywhere. It walks with you here and in whatever comes after. When the road gets narrow and steep, it gets you through. Ask the Guru to plant it deep in you, like roots. Then look at who the One is to you: mother, father, child and family, all at once. You might miss the One the way you miss a grandparent across the world. Fold your hands to whoever brings you close. Forgetting leaves you going in circles. Come to the door and ask to be let in. You will be.
Let the Guru plant the Naam deep in you; the One is your whole family.
For today: Hug someone in your family today, and say the Naam once as you do.
Plant the Name in me - it is my family, my road-companion, and my home.
The Arc
Some things you carry last only a little while. The Naam is a treasure you can take everywhere. It walks with you here and in whatever comes after. When the road gets narrow and steep, it gets you through. Ask the Guru to plant it deep in you, like roots. Then look at who the One is to you: mother, father, child and family, all at once. You might miss the One the way you miss a grandparent across the world. Fold your hands to whoever brings you close. Forgetting leaves you going in circles. Come to the door and ask to be let in. You will be. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam, planted deep by the Guru, and the One as mother, father and all one's family.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Name as family; love-longing as a form of devotion; refuge freely given.
For Raag Maaroo
The "narrow steep street" and the "end of the road" are Maaroo's terrain, and here the Name is promised precisely there, turning the hard passage into a place of freedom rather than dread.
Hukumnama
Subject: Let the Guru plant the Naam deep in you Preview: a treasure for the road, a narrow steep lane, mother and father in one, a longing, and an open door.
Today: Some things you carry last only a little while. The Naam is a treasure you can take everywhere. It walks with you here and in whatever comes after. When the road gets narrow and steep, it gets you through. Ask the Guru to plant it deep in you, like roots. Then look at who the One is to you: mother, father, child and family, all at once. You might miss the One the way you miss a grandparent across the world. Fold your hands to whoever brings you close. Forgetting leaves you going in circles. Come to the door and ask to be let in. You will be.
Let the Guru plant the Naam deep in you; the One is your whole family.
For today: Hug someone in your family today, and say the Naam once as you do.