ਹੁਕਮੇ ਆਵੈ ਹੁਕਮੇ ਜਾਵੈ ॥
hukmay aavai hukmay jaavai.
By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, they come, and by the Hukam of His Command, they go.
ਬੂਝੈ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸੋ ਸਾਚਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥
boojhai hukam so saach samaavai.
One who realizes His Hukam, merges in the True Lord.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈ ਹੇ ॥੧੬॥੫॥
naanak saach milai man bhaavai gurmukh kaar kamaa-ee hay. ||16||5||
O Nanak, he merges in the True Lord, and his mind is pleased with the Lord. The Gurmukhs do His work. ||16||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By the flow of life I arrived, and by that same flow I will one day move on, and that is a gentle thing.
Whoever understands this flow settles peacefully into the One.
Nanak says, such a one meets what is true, glad at heart, doing the quiet work of love.
Coming and going are the gentle movements of one flow I can trust.
Hukam, the flow of life, carries every coming and going. Understanding it brings peaceful merging with the One and glad, loving work.
A Question to Sit With
What is something in nature that flows in one steady direction?
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