Plant the Name in the field of your life, and your whole self turns green.
The Arc
You are a field. Whatever you plant in yourself is what comes up. Plant the Naam, and your whole mind and body turn green, like a garden after rain. You do this in the Sangat, where trust wells up. And you taste it, the way you know honey by tasting it, never by reading the label. Without that seed, the heart stays thirsty. It reaches in ten directions at once and still feels empty. The way back is always open. Come again and again for shelter. Each time, you are kept safe. At the centre, the Rahao: the sweetness of the Naam, and the perfect Guru who keeps your honor here and hereafter.
Key Vocabulary
bairaagee - lovingly detached, free inside
har ras - the essence, the sweetness of the One
tan dhartee - the body as a field
amrit - nectar
sangat - the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One
Themes and Cross-Connections
The body-field and the seed of the Name (growth imagery); tasting over merely knowing; the Sangat as the safe ground for planting.
For Raag Maaroo
Against the raag's mortality, the shabad answers with living green - the self that blossoms now.
Translation Notes
Dah dis — the ten directions — pictures a mind running every way at once. Traahi traahi is a cry repeated: save me, save me.
Hukumnama
Subject: Dear mind, taste the sweetness of the Naam Preview: a field, a seed, a mind turning green, a thirst in ten directions and a cry for shelter.
Today: You are a field. Whatever you plant in yourself is what comes up. Plant the Naam, and your whole mind and body turn green, like a garden after rain. You do this in the Sangat, where trust wells up. And you taste it, the way you know honey by tasting it, never by reading the label. Without that seed, the heart stays thirsty. It reaches in ten directions at once and still feels empty. The way back is always open. Come again and again for shelter. Each time, you are kept safe.
Taste the sweetness of the Naam, and the Guru keeps you safe.
For today: Sit in the Sangat today, or sing one shabad with your family, and taste the Naam.
Plant the Name in the field of your life, and your whole self turns green.
The Arc
You are a field. Whatever you plant in yourself is what comes up. Plant the Naam, and your whole mind and body turn green, like a garden after rain. You do this in the Sangat, where trust wells up. And you taste it, the way you know honey by tasting it, never by reading the label. Without that seed, the heart stays thirsty. It reaches in ten directions at once and still feels empty. The way back is always open. Come again and again for shelter. Each time, you are kept safe. At the centre, the Rahao: the sweetness of the Naam, and the perfect Guru who keeps your honor here and hereafter.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The body-field and the seed of the Name (growth imagery); tasting over merely knowing; the Sangat as the safe ground for planting.
For Raag Maaroo
Against the raag's mortality, the shabad answers with living green - the self that blossoms now.
Translation Notes
Dah dis — the ten directions — pictures a mind running every way at once. Traahi traahi is a cry repeated: save me, save me.
Hukumnama
Subject: Dear mind, taste the sweetness of the Naam Preview: a field, a seed, a mind turning green, a thirst in ten directions and a cry for shelter.
Today: You are a field. Whatever you plant in yourself is what comes up. Plant the Naam, and your whole mind and body turn green, like a garden after rain. You do this in the Sangat, where trust wells up. And you taste it, the way you know honey by tasting it, never by reading the label. Without that seed, the heart stays thirsty. It reaches in ten directions at once and still feels empty. The way back is always open. Come again and again for shelter. Each time, you are kept safe.
Taste the sweetness of the Naam, and the Guru keeps you safe.
For today: Sit in the Sangat today, or sing one shabad with your family, and taste the Naam.