Show me the one true wealth - and unite me with the Friend I have missed so long.
The Arc
Picture walking from shop to shop, asking everyone the same question: where can I find the wealth that lasts? You would hug whoever points the way. Here is the answer. The Naam is that wealth, and the perfect Guru plants it in you. Then the One becomes your steady support, and you feel like celebrating. Love wells up through the Guru, the way water rises where someone knows how to dig. A whole ocean of devotion is waiting there. You can stand thirsty right beside it, or you can reach. And you can ask for the biggest thing your heart wants: to be close to the One again. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam as the mind's wealth, planted firmly by the perfect Guru.
Key Vocabulary
poonjee / dhan raas - capital, the one true wealth
sajan - friend, the Beloved
saagar bhagat - the ocean of devotion
ardaas - prayer, a heartfelt request
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Name as imperishable wealth; the Guru as the place love awakens; grace ever-present, like water right beside you.
For Raag Maaroo
Against the raag's backdrop of parting and crossing, this shabad reframes separation as a longing that grace answers - the long-separated one is reunited.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam is my wealth, planted by the Guru Preview: a shopper asking the way, a hidden spring, an ocean of devotion, thirst on a riverbank, and one gift asked.
Today: Picture walking from shop to shop, asking everyone the same question: where can I find the wealth that lasts? You would hug whoever points the way. Here is the answer. The Naam is that wealth, and the perfect Guru plants it in you. Then the One becomes your steady support, and you feel like celebrating. Love wells up through the Guru, the way water rises where someone knows how to dig. A whole ocean of devotion is waiting there. You can stand thirsty right beside it, or you can reach. And you can ask for the biggest thing your heart wants: to be close to the One again.
The Naam is your wealth, and the Guru plants it in you.
For today: Write down one thing you treasure that money cannot buy, then say the Naam with thanks.
Show me the one true wealth - and unite me with the Friend I have missed so long.
The Arc
Picture walking from shop to shop, asking everyone the same question: where can I find the wealth that lasts? You would hug whoever points the way. Here is the answer. The Naam is that wealth, and the perfect Guru plants it in you. Then the One becomes your steady support, and you feel like celebrating. Love wells up through the Guru, the way water rises where someone knows how to dig. A whole ocean of devotion is waiting there. You can stand thirsty right beside it, or you can reach. And you can ask for the biggest thing your heart wants: to be close to the One again. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam as the mind's wealth, planted firmly by the perfect Guru.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Name as imperishable wealth; the Guru as the place love awakens; grace ever-present, like water right beside you.
For Raag Maaroo
Against the raag's backdrop of parting and crossing, this shabad reframes separation as a longing that grace answers - the long-separated one is reunited.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam is my wealth, planted by the Guru Preview: a shopper asking the way, a hidden spring, an ocean of devotion, thirst on a riverbank, and one gift asked.
Today: Picture walking from shop to shop, asking everyone the same question: where can I find the wealth that lasts? You would hug whoever points the way. Here is the answer. The Naam is that wealth, and the perfect Guru plants it in you. Then the One becomes your steady support, and you feel like celebrating. Love wells up through the Guru, the way water rises where someone knows how to dig. A whole ocean of devotion is waiting there. You can stand thirsty right beside it, or you can reach. And you can ask for the biggest thing your heart wants: to be close to the One again.
The Naam is your wealth, and the Guru plants it in you.
For today: Write down one thing you treasure that money cannot buy, then say the Naam with thanks.