Every creature rests on You; the Naam lifts the mind; bring the One everything you feel, and rest in the Sangat.
The Arc
Every living thing you can see rests on the One. Nothing holds itself up. In a moment the One builds up and takes down; all of it is the One's making. In the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One, grabbing desire, anger, greed, lies and unkind talk are driven away. Keep the Naam close: the mind turns clear, the days pass in peace. In the shelter of the devoted, you do not lose out, here or beyond. Bring the One your joys, your pains, everything on your mind. The Giver of all looks after what was made. Thank the One's servants again and again. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam lifts this mind across and saves it.
Key Vocabulary
Dhaarnaa — support, holding-up; every being rests on it.
UDhaarnaa — lifted across, saved; what the Naam does for the mind (the Rahao).
Birthaa... saarnaa — laying one's whole condition, joy and pain, before the One.
Vanjai vaarnaa — glad self-offering; the closing gratitude.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Two of the Fifth Guru's steadiest teachings meet here: nothing holds itself up (everything is supported), and the tangled mind is untangled by the Naam and the Sangat rather than by force. One line is a model of honest prayer: bringing the whole self, joy and pain alike, before the One. It pairs with the nearby Raamkalee hymn that counts the Giver's gifts, and completes this set of Raamkalee Ashtapadees on a note of thanks.
For Raag Raamkalee
The seeker's raag ends this set in belonging rather than solitary austerity: safety is found in the shelter of the devoted, and the last word is gratitude for the One's humble servants. Community is the resting place.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam lifts the mind and saves it Preview: every creature held up, things built and unbuilt, anger melting away, joys and pains laid down.
Today: Every living thing you can see rests on the One. Nothing holds itself up. In a moment the One builds up and takes down; all of it is the One's making. In the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One, grabbing desire, anger, greed, lies and unkind talk are driven away. Keep the Naam close: the mind turns clear, the days pass in peace. In the shelter of the devoted, you do not lose out, here or beyond. Bring the One your joys, your pains, everything on your mind. The Giver of all looks after what was made. Thank the One's servants again and again.
This mind is lifted across and saved through the Naam.
For today: Tonight, tell the One one happy thing and one hard thing from your day.
Every creature rests on You; the Naam lifts the mind; bring the One everything you feel, and rest in the Sangat.
The Arc
Every living thing you can see rests on the One. Nothing holds itself up. In a moment the One builds up and takes down; all of it is the One's making. In the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One, grabbing desire, anger, greed, lies and unkind talk are driven away. Keep the Naam close: the mind turns clear, the days pass in peace. In the shelter of the devoted, you do not lose out, here or beyond. Bring the One your joys, your pains, everything on your mind. The Giver of all looks after what was made. Thank the One's servants again and again. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam lifts this mind across and saves it.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Two of the Fifth Guru's steadiest teachings meet here: nothing holds itself up (everything is supported), and the tangled mind is untangled by the Naam and the Sangat rather than by force. One line is a model of honest prayer: bringing the whole self, joy and pain alike, before the One. It pairs with the nearby Raamkalee hymn that counts the Giver's gifts, and completes this set of Raamkalee Ashtapadees on a note of thanks.
For Raag Raamkalee
The seeker's raag ends this set in belonging rather than solitary austerity: safety is found in the shelter of the devoted, and the last word is gratitude for the One's humble servants. Community is the resting place.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam lifts the mind and saves it Preview: every creature held up, things built and unbuilt, anger melting away, joys and pains laid down.
Today: Every living thing you can see rests on the One. Nothing holds itself up. In a moment the One builds up and takes down; all of it is the One's making. In the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One, grabbing desire, anger, greed, lies and unkind talk are driven away. Keep the Naam close: the mind turns clear, the days pass in peace. In the shelter of the devoted, you do not lose out, here or beyond. Bring the One your joys, your pains, everything on your mind. The Giver of all looks after what was made. Thank the One's servants again and again.
This mind is lifted across and saved through the Naam.
For today: Tonight, tell the One one happy thing and one hard thing from your day.