Meditate on the Name in the hours before dawn; what the world calls losing is winning.
The Arc
Some people hold their eyes steady when greed or unkindness pulls at them. They are worth admiring. Knowing wrong from right gives your steps somewhere to go. Speak the True Name of the Creator. Then the going round and round can come to an end. The Creator brings the high down low and lifts the lowly into kings. Knowing the One is the measure that counts. If a friend has lost their way, go and help them understand. Remember that the Creator plays every game. In the early hours before dawn, remember the Naam. Loosen your grip on worldly things. The world calls that losing. You win. At the centre, the Rahao: speak the True Name of the Creator, and the going round and round comes to rest.
Key Vocabulary
Disat bikaaree — the corrupt gaze, here bound in check. Bal jaa-ee — "I am a sacrifice," deep admiration. Neech / sultaan — the lowly made into kings, a leveling image. Khayl — the divine play. Naa-o parbhaatai — the Name at dawn, the amrit vela. Daasan daasaa — servant of servants, deep humility. Jag haari-aa tin jeetaa — the world loses, he wins.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The lifting of the lowly into kings is the raag's recurring leveling of status. The closing line gives Prabhaatee, the dawn raag, its clearest link to amrit vela, the quiet hours before dawn prized for remembrance. The great reversal, losing as winning, sits at the heart of letting go.
For Raag Prabhaatee
Naa-o parbhaatai, the Name at dawn, is the raag's namesake moment, making this shabad a landmark of the section.
Hukumnama
Subject: Speak the True Naam of the Creator Preview: a greedy gaze kept in check, the high brought low and the lowly made kings, the Naam before dawn.
Today: Some people hold their eyes steady when greed or unkindness pulls at them. They are worth admiring. Knowing wrong from right gives your steps somewhere to go. Speak the True Name of the Creator. Then the going round and round can come to an end. The Creator brings the high down low and lifts the lowly into kings. Knowing the One is the measure that counts. If a friend has lost their way, go and help them understand. Remember that the Creator plays every game. In the early hours before dawn, remember the Naam. Loosen your grip on worldly things. The world calls that losing. You win.
Speak the True Name of the Creator, and the going round and round comes to rest.
For today: Tomorrow before breakfast, sit quietly for two minutes and remember the Naam.
Meditate on the Name in the hours before dawn; what the world calls losing is winning.
The Arc
Some people hold their eyes steady when greed or unkindness pulls at them. They are worth admiring. Knowing wrong from right gives your steps somewhere to go. Speak the True Name of the Creator. Then the going round and round can come to an end. The Creator brings the high down low and lifts the lowly into kings. Knowing the One is the measure that counts. If a friend has lost their way, go and help them understand. Remember that the Creator plays every game. In the early hours before dawn, remember the Naam. Loosen your grip on worldly things. The world calls that losing. You win. At the centre, the Rahao: speak the True Name of the Creator, and the going round and round comes to rest.
Key Vocabulary
Disat bikaaree — the corrupt gaze, here bound in check. Bal jaa-ee — "I am a sacrifice," deep admiration. Neech / sultaan — the lowly made into kings, a leveling image. Khayl — the divine play. Naa-o parbhaatai — the Name at dawn, the amrit vela. Daasan daasaa — servant of servants, deep humility. Jag haari-aa tin jeetaa — the world loses, he wins.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The lifting of the lowly into kings is the raag's recurring leveling of status. The closing line gives Prabhaatee, the dawn raag, its clearest link to amrit vela, the quiet hours before dawn prized for remembrance. The great reversal, losing as winning, sits at the heart of letting go.
For Raag Prabhaatee
Naa-o parbhaatai, the Name at dawn, is the raag's namesake moment, making this shabad a landmark of the section.
Hukumnama
Subject: Speak the True Naam of the Creator Preview: a greedy gaze kept in check, the high brought low and the lowly made kings, the Naam before dawn.
Today: Some people hold their eyes steady when greed or unkindness pulls at them. They are worth admiring. Knowing wrong from right gives your steps somewhere to go. Speak the True Name of the Creator. Then the going round and round can come to an end. The Creator brings the high down low and lifts the lowly into kings. Knowing the One is the measure that counts. If a friend has lost their way, go and help them understand. Remember that the Creator plays every game. In the early hours before dawn, remember the Naam. Loosen your grip on worldly things. The world calls that losing. You win.
Speak the True Name of the Creator, and the going round and round comes to rest.
For today: Tomorrow before breakfast, sit quietly for two minutes and remember the Naam.