Plant the right thing in good soil, and peace and joy grow on their own, with the One beside you everywhere you go.
The Arc
The Guru hands you the Naam. Joy shows up. Freedom shows up. Peace comes and stays. One by one, your tangled tasks come right. Keep the Guru's lotus feet in your mind. Pain, doubt and fake feelings clear out. Get up each day and sing the One's words. Then let remembering run all day and all night. At home or out in the world, the One is there. Wherever you go, a helper walks at your side. So press your palms together and offer a small prayer. Keep the treasure of every good thing in mind, always. At the centre, the Rahao: the Guru gives the Naam, and joy and peace grow until everything comes right.
Key Vocabulary
Anad mangal kali-aan — bliss, joy, well-being; Guru Arjan's abundance-language. Kaaraj saglaa raas thee-aa — all affairs set right. Nit uth gaavhu — rise early and sing; the amrit vela. Sang sahaa-ee — a companion who never leaves. Du-ay kar jorh — hands joined; the ardaas posture. Guntaas — treasure of virtues.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The One everywhere, at home and outside, becomes a companion at your side: an answer to loneliness. The "rise early and sing" of P2 points to the amrit vela, the quiet hours before dawn, especially at home in the dawn raag. With the rahao in the opening verse, its abundance carries the whole shabad.
For Raag Prabhaatee
"Nit uth" (rise daily) fits Prabhaatee's daybreak setting exactly. The seed-in-good-soil picture shows how peace grows from a single planted practice.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam sets everything right Preview: lotus feet in the mind, doubt clearing out, singing at daybreak, a helper everywhere, palms pressed together.
Today: The Guru hands you the Naam. Joy shows up. Freedom shows up. Peace comes and stays. One by one, your tangled tasks come right. Keep the Guru's lotus feet in your mind. Pain, doubt and fake feelings clear out. Get up each day and sing the One's words. Then let remembering run all day and all night. At home or out in the world, the One is there. Wherever you go, a helper walks at your side. So press your palms together and offer a small prayer. Keep the treasure of every good thing in mind, always.
The Guru gives you the Naam, and joy, peace and freedom grow until everything comes right.
For today: Start today with one quiet minute of singing or humming something good.
Plant the right thing in good soil, and peace and joy grow on their own, with the One beside you everywhere you go.
The Arc
The Guru hands you the Naam. Joy shows up. Freedom shows up. Peace comes and stays. One by one, your tangled tasks come right. Keep the Guru's lotus feet in your mind. Pain, doubt and fake feelings clear out. Get up each day and sing the One's words. Then let remembering run all day and all night. At home or out in the world, the One is there. Wherever you go, a helper walks at your side. So press your palms together and offer a small prayer. Keep the treasure of every good thing in mind, always. At the centre, the Rahao: the Guru gives the Naam, and joy and peace grow until everything comes right.
Key Vocabulary
Anad mangal kali-aan — bliss, joy, well-being; Guru Arjan's abundance-language. Kaaraj saglaa raas thee-aa — all affairs set right. Nit uth gaavhu — rise early and sing; the amrit vela. Sang sahaa-ee — a companion who never leaves. Du-ay kar jorh — hands joined; the ardaas posture. Guntaas — treasure of virtues.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The One everywhere, at home and outside, becomes a companion at your side: an answer to loneliness. The "rise early and sing" of P2 points to the amrit vela, the quiet hours before dawn, especially at home in the dawn raag. With the rahao in the opening verse, its abundance carries the whole shabad.
For Raag Prabhaatee
"Nit uth" (rise daily) fits Prabhaatee's daybreak setting exactly. The seed-in-good-soil picture shows how peace grows from a single planted practice.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam sets everything right Preview: lotus feet in the mind, doubt clearing out, singing at daybreak, a helper everywhere, palms pressed together.
Today: The Guru hands you the Naam. Joy shows up. Freedom shows up. Peace comes and stays. One by one, your tangled tasks come right. Keep the Guru's lotus feet in your mind. Pain, doubt and fake feelings clear out. Get up each day and sing the One's words. Then let remembering run all day and all night. At home or out in the world, the One is there. Wherever you go, a helper walks at your side. So press your palms together and offer a small prayer. Keep the treasure of every good thing in mind, always.
The Guru gives you the Naam, and joy, peace and freedom grow until everything comes right.
For today: Start today with one quiet minute of singing or humming something good.