Like a swan sipping milk from water, a wise heart gently lifts the heat of ego right out of you.
The Arc
Some people carry the Guru in their hearts, and they are good all the way through. Seeing them, your heart opens like a flower. So say the Naam, day and night. Its sweetness settles every hunger and thirst, like cold water after a hot day. Friends who love the One clear away your doubts. Like a swan sipping the milk out of watered milk, they lift the heat of ego out of you. A heart with no love slips into tricks, and it eats whatever it plants. The One lives inside the One's people. They see everyone with the same eyes and stay steady through praise and put-downs. At the centre, the Rahao: say the Naam day and night, and its taste settles every hunger.
Key Vocabulary
trisnaa bhookh — thirst and hunger; settled by the Naam.
hansulaa — the swan; discernment that separates milk from water.
aap beej aapay khaant — you eat what you plant; the plain law of karma.
samadrasee — equal-seeing; looking on all with the same eyes.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The swan-and-milk image is a classic emblem of discernment across Indian tradition. samadrasee, equal vision, is the ethical fruit of Ik Onkar and underlies the tradition's honoring of all people alike, across caste and status.
For Raag Malaar
The settling of thirst (trisnaa) belongs to the rain raag's world; here the longing is quieted by the Naam and by the company of discerning, equal-seeing hearts.
Hukumnama
Subject: Taste the Naam and every hunger settles Preview: a heart in bloom, a quenched thirst, a swan sipping milk, seeds and harvest, the same eyes for all
Today: Some people carry the Guru in their hearts, and they are good all the way through. Seeing them, your heart opens like a flower. So say the Naam, day and night. Its sweetness settles every hunger and thirst, like cold water after a hot day. Friends who love the One clear away your doubts. Like a swan sipping the milk out of watered milk, they lift the heat of ego out of you. A heart with no love slips into tricks, and it eats whatever it plants. The One lives inside the One's people. They see everyone with the same eyes and stay steady through praise and put-downs.
Say the Naam day and night, and its taste settles every hunger and thirst.
For today: Treat the next person you meet with the same kindness you would show your best friend.
Like a swan sipping milk from water, a wise heart gently lifts the heat of ego right out of you.
The Arc
Some people carry the Guru in their hearts, and they are good all the way through. Seeing them, your heart opens like a flower. So say the Naam, day and night. Its sweetness settles every hunger and thirst, like cold water after a hot day. Friends who love the One clear away your doubts. Like a swan sipping the milk out of watered milk, they lift the heat of ego out of you. A heart with no love slips into tricks, and it eats whatever it plants. The One lives inside the One's people. They see everyone with the same eyes and stay steady through praise and put-downs. At the centre, the Rahao: say the Naam day and night, and its taste settles every hunger.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The swan-and-milk image is a classic emblem of discernment across Indian tradition. samadrasee, equal vision, is the ethical fruit of Ik Onkar and underlies the tradition's honoring of all people alike, across caste and status.
For Raag Malaar
The settling of thirst (trisnaa) belongs to the rain raag's world; here the longing is quieted by the Naam and by the company of discerning, equal-seeing hearts.
Hukumnama
Subject: Taste the Naam and every hunger settles Preview: a heart in bloom, a quenched thirst, a swan sipping milk, seeds and harvest, the same eyes for all
Today: Some people carry the Guru in their hearts, and they are good all the way through. Seeing them, your heart opens like a flower. So say the Naam, day and night. Its sweetness settles every hunger and thirst, like cold water after a hot day. Friends who love the One clear away your doubts. Like a swan sipping the milk out of watered milk, they lift the heat of ego out of you. A heart with no love slips into tricks, and it eats whatever it plants. The One lives inside the One's people. They see everyone with the same eyes and stay steady through praise and put-downs.
Say the Naam day and night, and its taste settles every hunger and thirst.
For today: Treat the next person you meet with the same kindness you would show your best friend.