You can lean your whole weight on what is vast and steady and never gives way — and clear seeing is one of the best gifts you can be given.
The Arc
This morning, find a place to lean. Take shelter at the One's feet, and rest your whole weight there. The One is high and grand, with no end. Think of a night sky so big you feel tiny, and safe under it. The One holds up every breath you take. The One breaks pain apart. The One gives you clear sight, to tell what is true from what is false. So bow to the One who keeps you safe. Keep the One alone in your mind. Learn humbly from holy people, glad to sit at their feet. Countless comforts come from there. At the centre, the Rahao: take shelter with the One, who is vast beyond measure and alone above all.
Key Vocabulary
Charan kamal saran tayk — the shelter and support of the lotus feet. Ooch mooch bay-ant — lofty, grand, limitless. Tuhee ayk — You alone; the oneness above all. BuDh bibayk — clear understanding; viveka. Sant rayn majan — bathing in the dust of the saints' feet; deep humility. Sukh anayk — countless comforts.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Tuhee ayk (P0) lands the high words on oneness, close to Ik Onkar, the One above all. BuDh bibayk (P1) is viveka, the clear sight that tells what is true from what is false (sach and jhooth). The humble-learning close (P2) holds sant rayn as willing openness, not putting oneself down.
For Raag Prabhaatee
This last of Guru Arjan's Prabhaatee shabads gathers the raag's notes — refuge, awe, oneness, and quiet comfort — into a compact, restful ending fit for daybreak.
Hukumnama
Subject: Lean on the One, who is above all Preview: lotus feet to lean on, a sky with no end, every breath held up, pain broken, the dust of the saints' feet
Today: This morning, find a place to lean. Take shelter at the One's feet, and rest your whole weight there. The One is high and grand, with no end. Think of a night sky so big you feel tiny, and safe under it. The One holds up every breath you take. The One breaks pain apart. The One gives you clear sight, to tell what is true from what is false. So bow to the One who keeps you safe. Keep the One alone in your mind. Learn humbly from holy people, glad to sit at their feet. Countless comforts come from there.
Take shelter with the One, who is vast beyond measure and alone above all.
For today: Before a hard moment today, take one slow breath and remember who holds it up.
You can lean your whole weight on what is vast and steady and never gives way — and clear seeing is one of the best gifts you can be given.
The Arc
This morning, find a place to lean. Take shelter at the One's feet, and rest your whole weight there. The One is high and grand, with no end. Think of a night sky so big you feel tiny, and safe under it. The One holds up every breath you take. The One breaks pain apart. The One gives you clear sight, to tell what is true from what is false. So bow to the One who keeps you safe. Keep the One alone in your mind. Learn humbly from holy people, glad to sit at their feet. Countless comforts come from there. At the centre, the Rahao: take shelter with the One, who is vast beyond measure and alone above all.
Key Vocabulary
Charan kamal saran tayk — the shelter and support of the lotus feet. Ooch mooch bay-ant — lofty, grand, limitless. Tuhee ayk — You alone; the oneness above all. BuDh bibayk — clear understanding; viveka. Sant rayn majan — bathing in the dust of the saints' feet; deep humility. Sukh anayk — countless comforts.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Tuhee ayk (P0) lands the high words on oneness, close to Ik Onkar, the One above all. BuDh bibayk (P1) is viveka, the clear sight that tells what is true from what is false (sach and jhooth). The humble-learning close (P2) holds sant rayn as willing openness, not putting oneself down.
For Raag Prabhaatee
This last of Guru Arjan's Prabhaatee shabads gathers the raag's notes — refuge, awe, oneness, and quiet comfort — into a compact, restful ending fit for daybreak.
Hukumnama
Subject: Lean on the One, who is above all Preview: lotus feet to lean on, a sky with no end, every breath held up, pain broken, the dust of the saints' feet
Today: This morning, find a place to lean. Take shelter at the One's feet, and rest your whole weight there. The One is high and grand, with no end. Think of a night sky so big you feel tiny, and safe under it. The One holds up every breath you take. The One breaks pain apart. The One gives you clear sight, to tell what is true from what is false. So bow to the One who keeps you safe. Keep the One alone in your mind. Learn humbly from holy people, glad to sit at their feet. Countless comforts come from there.
Take shelter with the One, who is vast beyond measure and alone above all.
For today: Before a hard moment today, take one slow breath and remember who holds it up.