Listening closely to something good can loosen the tangles you are caught in, and switch on a light inside you that stays lit.
The Arc
Give your thanks to the Guru, with your whole heart. Even remembering the One comes as a gift. Listen to words as sweet as nectar. Joy fills you all the way through. The poisonous tangles you were caught in fall away. Fall in love with the True Word. Then the One comes into your mind and stays. Remember the Naam, and a light comes on inside. The Guru's Word makes its home in your heart. The Guru is strong enough for anything and kind forever. Remember the One again and again, and you are glad all the way through. At the centre, the Rahao: give the Guru your thanks, because even remembering the One is a gift.
Key Vocabulary
Kurbaan jaa-ee — all gratitude, given away. Amrit banee sunat — listening to the nectar-word; Suniai. Bikhi-aa janjaal — poisonous entanglements, dissolving. Saach sabad — the true, lasting word. Ridai nivaas — dwelling in the heart. Samrath / da-i-aal — all-capable and ever-merciful.
Themes and Cross-Connections
P1 echoes the Suniai pauris of Japji: deep listening changes the listener and loosens the tangles. P4 holds power and gentleness together ("samrath sadaa da-i-aal"), a whole picture of the One. In the rahao, grace comes first and remembering follows: grace is always here.
For Raag Prabhaatee
With the rahao in the opening verse, the thanks come first; the light that stays on (P3) suits a dawn raag about light coming in.
Hukumnama
Subject: Even remembering the One is a gift Preview: words sweet as nectar, poisonous tangles falling away, a light switched on, a Word at home in the heart.
Today: Give your thanks to the Guru, with your whole heart. Even remembering the One comes as a gift. Listen to words as sweet as nectar. Joy fills you all the way through. The poisonous tangles you were caught in fall away. Fall in love with the True Word. Then the One comes into your mind and stays. Remember the Naam, and a light comes on inside. The Guru's Word makes its home in your heart. The Guru is strong enough for anything and kind forever. Remember the One again and again, and you are glad all the way through.
Give the Guru your thanks, because even remembering the One is a gift.
For today: Today, thank one person who helped you start a good habit.
Listening closely to something good can loosen the tangles you are caught in, and switch on a light inside you that stays lit.
The Arc
Give your thanks to the Guru, with your whole heart. Even remembering the One comes as a gift. Listen to words as sweet as nectar. Joy fills you all the way through. The poisonous tangles you were caught in fall away. Fall in love with the True Word. Then the One comes into your mind and stays. Remember the Naam, and a light comes on inside. The Guru's Word makes its home in your heart. The Guru is strong enough for anything and kind forever. Remember the One again and again, and you are glad all the way through. At the centre, the Rahao: give the Guru your thanks, because even remembering the One is a gift.
Key Vocabulary
Kurbaan jaa-ee — all gratitude, given away. Amrit banee sunat — listening to the nectar-word; Suniai. Bikhi-aa janjaal — poisonous entanglements, dissolving. Saach sabad — the true, lasting word. Ridai nivaas — dwelling in the heart. Samrath / da-i-aal — all-capable and ever-merciful.
Themes and Cross-Connections
P1 echoes the Suniai pauris of Japji: deep listening changes the listener and loosens the tangles. P4 holds power and gentleness together ("samrath sadaa da-i-aal"), a whole picture of the One. In the rahao, grace comes first and remembering follows: grace is always here.
For Raag Prabhaatee
With the rahao in the opening verse, the thanks come first; the light that stays on (P3) suits a dawn raag about light coming in.
Hukumnama
Subject: Even remembering the One is a gift Preview: words sweet as nectar, poisonous tangles falling away, a light switched on, a Word at home in the heart.
Today: Give your thanks to the Guru, with your whole heart. Even remembering the One comes as a gift. Listen to words as sweet as nectar. Joy fills you all the way through. The poisonous tangles you were caught in fall away. Fall in love with the True Word. Then the One comes into your mind and stays. Remember the Naam, and a light comes on inside. The Guru's Word makes its home in your heart. The Guru is strong enough for anything and kind forever. Remember the One again and again, and you are glad all the way through.
Give the Guru your thanks, because even remembering the One is a gift.
For today: Today, thank one person who helped you start a good habit.