The wealth that counts is the Naam you carry inside: a whole life made clean, bearing fruit, carried safely across.
The Arc
You can be rich in a way that lasts. The ones who carry the Naam are the true traders. Their credit is good in the One's court. So keep the Naam turning in your mind, friends. Finding the Guru is great good fortune. Then your whole way of living turns clean and complete. The profit comes in, and people cheer. It starts with the kindness of holy people, singing the One's praises together. Your life bears fruit. Your being here counts. By the Guru's kindness, you get to enjoy the One's love. Grabbing wants, anger and pride wash away. Turned toward the Guru, you cross the river to the far shore. At the centre, the Rahao: keep the Naam in your mind, and your whole way of living turns clean.
Key Vocabulary
Dhanvant / sach saahaa — the wealthy, the true merchants. Naam visaahaa — the Naam as credit in the One's court. Nirmal pooran reet — a clean, complete way of living. Safal janam jeevan parvaan — a fruitful, accepted life. Gurmukh — one turned toward the Guru. Utreh paar — carried across to the far shore.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The merchant-and-wealth imagery turns worldly money talk upside down: your net worth is inside you, a wealth that does not wash off. Nirmal pooran reet shows that practice reshapes the whole manner of living, reet, along with belief: truth lived out in the day.
For Raag Prabhaatee
This is one of the shorter, brisker shabads in Guru Arjan's set; its two-line pauris move quickly through wealth, way-of-life, profit, fruitfulness, and safe crossing. The communal spark of the gains ("sant parsaad") keeps the giving, gathered-together spirit of the raag.
Hukumnama
Subject: Keep the Naam in your mind, my friends Preview: honest traders with good credit, cheering at a profit, a life bearing fruit, a river crossed to the far shore.
Today: You can be rich in a way that lasts. The ones who carry the Naam are the true traders. Their credit is good in the One's court. So keep the Naam turning in your mind, friends. Finding the Guru is great good fortune. Then your whole way of living turns clean and complete. The profit comes in, and people cheer. It starts with the kindness of holy people, singing the One's praises together. Your life bears fruit. Your being here counts. By the Guru's kindness, you get to enjoy the One's love. Grabbing wants, anger and pride wash away. Turned toward the Guru, you cross the river to the far shore.
Keep the Naam in your mind, and your whole way of living turns clean.
For today: Today, pick one small daily habit and do it with a clean, kind heart.
The wealth that counts is the Naam you carry inside: a whole life made clean, bearing fruit, carried safely across.
The Arc
You can be rich in a way that lasts. The ones who carry the Naam are the true traders. Their credit is good in the One's court. So keep the Naam turning in your mind, friends. Finding the Guru is great good fortune. Then your whole way of living turns clean and complete. The profit comes in, and people cheer. It starts with the kindness of holy people, singing the One's praises together. Your life bears fruit. Your being here counts. By the Guru's kindness, you get to enjoy the One's love. Grabbing wants, anger and pride wash away. Turned toward the Guru, you cross the river to the far shore. At the centre, the Rahao: keep the Naam in your mind, and your whole way of living turns clean.
Key Vocabulary
Dhanvant / sach saahaa — the wealthy, the true merchants. Naam visaahaa — the Naam as credit in the One's court. Nirmal pooran reet — a clean, complete way of living. Safal janam jeevan parvaan — a fruitful, accepted life. Gurmukh — one turned toward the Guru. Utreh paar — carried across to the far shore.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The merchant-and-wealth imagery turns worldly money talk upside down: your net worth is inside you, a wealth that does not wash off. Nirmal pooran reet shows that practice reshapes the whole manner of living, reet, along with belief: truth lived out in the day.
For Raag Prabhaatee
This is one of the shorter, brisker shabads in Guru Arjan's set; its two-line pauris move quickly through wealth, way-of-life, profit, fruitfulness, and safe crossing. The communal spark of the gains ("sant parsaad") keeps the giving, gathered-together spirit of the raag.
Hukumnama
Subject: Keep the Naam in your mind, my friends Preview: honest traders with good credit, cheering at a profit, a life bearing fruit, a river crossed to the far shore.
Today: You can be rich in a way that lasts. The ones who carry the Naam are the true traders. Their credit is good in the One's court. So keep the Naam turning in your mind, friends. Finding the Guru is great good fortune. Then your whole way of living turns clean and complete. The profit comes in, and people cheer. It starts with the kindness of holy people, singing the One's praises together. Your life bears fruit. Your being here counts. By the Guru's kindness, you get to enjoy the One's love. Grabbing wants, anger and pride wash away. Turned toward the Guru, you cross the river to the far shore.
Keep the Naam in your mind, and your whole way of living turns clean.
For today: Today, pick one small daily habit and do it with a clean, kind heart.