Sun, wind, and fire ask no one's name before they give — be like that, my mind.
The Arc
Someone cuts a tree, and the tree holds no grudge. It even serves the one who cut it. Step into the boat, and the tiredness lifts; in a moment you reach the far shore. The earth takes perfume and mess the same way. The sky spreads over friend and enemy alike. The sun shines on the clean and the messy with no dislike. The cool wind touches every place without holding back. Whoever comes near the fire, good or bad, gets warm. This is the way of the saints. Turn to the merciful One, again and again, every day. At the centre, the Rahao: my mind, remember the One day after day, the kind and merciful One.
Key Vocabulary
Maaroo — the mortality-raag, opened here in steadiness rather than dread
Man na keeno ros — the mind feels no anger; the tree that bears the blade
Mitar satar na kachhoo jaanai — knows nothing of friend and enemy; the sky that favors no one
Rahao — the pause-line (here in the second unit) that holds the shabad's heart
Sahj subhaa-ay — steady in its own nature, the even-mindedness modeled by fire
Themes and Cross-Connections
Every image teaches equal love and grace freely given: light and warmth do not test who deserves them. The boat of the Name turns an impossible ocean into an easy crossing.
For Raag Maaroo
In the raag once sung in life's hardest hours, this hymn's calm, resentment-free giving models a heart that cannot be shaken.
Translation Notes
The sun touches the pure and the impure alike and holds no hatred for either. Each natural image is a picture of a heart with no ill-will toward anyone.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the merciful One, day after day Preview: a tree and a blade, a boat, the earth, the sky, the sun, the wind and a warm fire.
Today: Someone cuts a tree, and the tree holds no grudge. It even serves the one who cut it. Step into the boat, and the tiredness lifts; in a moment you reach the far shore. The earth takes perfume and mess the same way. The sky spreads over friend and enemy alike. The sun shines on the clean and the messy with no dislike. The cool wind touches every place without holding back. Whoever comes near the fire, good or bad, gets warm. This is the way of the saints. Turn to the merciful One, again and again, every day.
Remember the merciful One, day after day.
For today: Do one kind thing today for someone you would normally leave out.
Sun, wind, and fire ask no one's name before they give — be like that, my mind.
The Arc
Someone cuts a tree, and the tree holds no grudge. It even serves the one who cut it. Step into the boat, and the tiredness lifts; in a moment you reach the far shore. The earth takes perfume and mess the same way. The sky spreads over friend and enemy alike. The sun shines on the clean and the messy with no dislike. The cool wind touches every place without holding back. Whoever comes near the fire, good or bad, gets warm. This is the way of the saints. Turn to the merciful One, again and again, every day. At the centre, the Rahao: my mind, remember the One day after day, the kind and merciful One.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Every image teaches equal love and grace freely given: light and warmth do not test who deserves them. The boat of the Name turns an impossible ocean into an easy crossing.
For Raag Maaroo
In the raag once sung in life's hardest hours, this hymn's calm, resentment-free giving models a heart that cannot be shaken.
Translation Notes
The sun touches the pure and the impure alike and holds no hatred for either. Each natural image is a picture of a heart with no ill-will toward anyone.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the merciful One, day after day Preview: a tree and a blade, a boat, the earth, the sky, the sun, the wind and a warm fire.
Today: Someone cuts a tree, and the tree holds no grudge. It even serves the one who cut it. Step into the boat, and the tiredness lifts; in a moment you reach the far shore. The earth takes perfume and mess the same way. The sky spreads over friend and enemy alike. The sun shines on the clean and the messy with no dislike. The cool wind touches every place without holding back. Whoever comes near the fire, good or bad, gets warm. This is the way of the saints. Turn to the merciful One, again and again, every day.
Remember the merciful One, day after day.
For today: Do one kind thing today for someone you would normally leave out.