Singing with delight, I find the One nearer than my own breath.
The Arc
Sing with joy upon joy, and let your heart lift into the Naam. Drink in the sweet nectar of the Guru's Word. The One who gives life to the whole world is your very breath. The Guru speaks the Naam softly into your ears, and it becomes dear to you. Meet your friends and speak the Naam together. Ask honestly to be taught the way. The One lives in the Sangat, people gathered to remember the One. Finding it is good fortune. The Guru's touch changes you, like a stone that turns iron to gold. The One is beyond all reach. Still, the Naam can come to you in an instant. At the centre, the Rahao: the Life of the World is your breath, and the Guru makes the One dear to you.
Key Vocabulary
bibhaas — a morning melodic variety within Prabhaatee.
rasak rasak — with delight upon delight, with relish.
jagjeevan / paraan — the life of the world; the breath.
satsangat — the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One.
paras — touch; also the touchstone that turns iron to gold.
agam — unreachable, beyond grasp; yet the gift comes in an instant (khin).
Themes and Cross-Connections
The delight (rasak) and rapture (unman) set the warmer, more emotional tone that marks Guru Ram Das's shabads against Guru Amar Das's steadiness. Sangat and paras recur as the means by which the unreachable becomes near.
For Raag Prabhaatee
Dawn as overflowing song. The Bibhaas coloring suits a heart waking already full, needing only to open its mouth.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One is as close as your breath Preview: joy upon joy, sweet nectar, a whisper in the ear, friends gathering, a touchstone, a gift in an instant
Today: Sing with joy upon joy, and let your heart lift into the Naam. Drink in the sweet nectar of the Guru's Word. The One who gives life to the whole world is your very breath. The Guru speaks the Naam softly into your ears, and it becomes dear to you. Meet your friends and speak the Naam together. Ask honestly to be taught the way. The One lives in the Sangat, people gathered to remember the One. Finding it is good fortune. The Guru's touch changes you, like a stone that turns iron to gold. The One is beyond all reach. Still, the Naam can come to you in an instant.
The Life of the World is your breath, and the Guru makes the One dear to you.
For today: Take three slow breaths this morning, and with each one, remember the One who gives you life.
Singing with delight, I find the One nearer than my own breath.
The Arc
Sing with joy upon joy, and let your heart lift into the Naam. Drink in the sweet nectar of the Guru's Word. The One who gives life to the whole world is your very breath. The Guru speaks the Naam softly into your ears, and it becomes dear to you. Meet your friends and speak the Naam together. Ask honestly to be taught the way. The One lives in the Sangat, people gathered to remember the One. Finding it is good fortune. The Guru's touch changes you, like a stone that turns iron to gold. The One is beyond all reach. Still, the Naam can come to you in an instant. At the centre, the Rahao: the Life of the World is your breath, and the Guru makes the One dear to you.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The delight (rasak) and rapture (unman) set the warmer, more emotional tone that marks Guru Ram Das's shabads against Guru Amar Das's steadiness. Sangat and paras recur as the means by which the unreachable becomes near.
For Raag Prabhaatee
Dawn as overflowing song. The Bibhaas coloring suits a heart waking already full, needing only to open its mouth.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One is as close as your breath Preview: joy upon joy, sweet nectar, a whisper in the ear, friends gathering, a touchstone, a gift in an instant
Today: Sing with joy upon joy, and let your heart lift into the Naam. Drink in the sweet nectar of the Guru's Word. The One who gives life to the whole world is your very breath. The Guru speaks the Naam softly into your ears, and it becomes dear to you. Meet your friends and speak the Naam together. Ask honestly to be taught the way. The One lives in the Sangat, people gathered to remember the One. Finding it is good fortune. The Guru's touch changes you, like a stone that turns iron to gold. The One is beyond all reach. Still, the Naam can come to you in an instant.
The Life of the World is your breath, and the Guru makes the One dear to you.
For today: Take three slow breaths this morning, and with each one, remember the One who gives you life.