Stay awake inside, and gently send the thieves away.
The Arc
Stay awake inside, in love and awe. Ego washes off. Guard your heart like a home, and chase out the five thieves. Face the Guru and remember the Naam. Pick the deeds that lead you to the One. Then a quiet music rises in you, and the ache of "me first" fades. Your face starts to glow. Wrapped up in yourself, you doze through the day. Food and clothes lose their taste when you live for other things. Stay close to people who have met the Guru; it rubs off. You can't grab this by effort. It comes like a gift. So run to the One for shelter, and remember the Naam. At the centre, the Rahao: remember the Naam, and choose the deeds that lead you to the One.
Key Vocabulary
jaagran — spiritual wakefulness; staying awake to what matters.
panch taskar — the five thieves: desire, anger, greed, attachment, ego.
bhai bhaa-ay — awe and love.
sahj Dhun — the quiet music of natural ease welling up within.
sarnaa-ee — sanctuary; the shelter of the One.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Wakefulness as a spiritual discipline connects to the amrit vela tradition — the quiet hours before dawn when the mind is most receptive — and Prabhaatee is precisely that hour's raag. The un-grabbable nature of grace (it wells up, it is not manufactured) echoes the philosophy of sahj throughout Gurbani: no amount of effort produces it; it arises when what blocked it is removed.
For Raag Prabhaatee
A hymn about waking up, set in the raag of dawn. The jaagran is the inner waking the pre-dawn hour is made for.
Hukumnama
Subject: Do the deeds that lead you to the One Preview: awake at the door, five thieves, a quiet music rising, glowing faces, a boat to the far shore
Today: Stay awake inside, in love and awe. Ego washes off. Guard your heart like a home, and chase out the five thieves. Face the Guru and remember the Naam. Pick the deeds that lead you to the One. Then a quiet music rises in you, and the ache of "me first" fades. Your face starts to glow. Wrapped up in yourself, you doze through the day. Food and clothes lose their taste when you live for other things. Stay close to people who have met the Guru; it rubs off. You can't grab this by effort. It comes like a gift. So run to the One for shelter, and remember the Naam.
Remember the Naam, and choose the deeds that lead you to the One.
For today: Pick one thing you will do today that brings you a step nearer to the One.
Stay awake inside, and gently send the thieves away.
The Arc
Stay awake inside, in love and awe. Ego washes off. Guard your heart like a home, and chase out the five thieves. Face the Guru and remember the Naam. Pick the deeds that lead you to the One. Then a quiet music rises in you, and the ache of "me first" fades. Your face starts to glow. Wrapped up in yourself, you doze through the day. Food and clothes lose their taste when you live for other things. Stay close to people who have met the Guru; it rubs off. You can't grab this by effort. It comes like a gift. So run to the One for shelter, and remember the Naam. At the centre, the Rahao: remember the Naam, and choose the deeds that lead you to the One.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Wakefulness as a spiritual discipline connects to the amrit vela tradition — the quiet hours before dawn when the mind is most receptive — and Prabhaatee is precisely that hour's raag. The un-grabbable nature of grace (it wells up, it is not manufactured) echoes the philosophy of sahj throughout Gurbani: no amount of effort produces it; it arises when what blocked it is removed.
For Raag Prabhaatee
A hymn about waking up, set in the raag of dawn. The jaagran is the inner waking the pre-dawn hour is made for.
Hukumnama
Subject: Do the deeds that lead you to the One Preview: awake at the door, five thieves, a quiet music rising, glowing faces, a boat to the far shore
Today: Stay awake inside, in love and awe. Ego washes off. Guard your heart like a home, and chase out the five thieves. Face the Guru and remember the Naam. Pick the deeds that lead you to the One. Then a quiet music rises in you, and the ache of "me first" fades. Your face starts to glow. Wrapped up in yourself, you doze through the day. Food and clothes lose their taste when you live for other things. Stay close to people who have met the Guru; it rubs off. You can't grab this by effort. It comes like a gift. So run to the One for shelter, and remember the Naam.
Remember the Naam, and choose the deeds that lead you to the One.
For today: Pick one thing you will do today that brings you a step nearer to the One.