Sing the praises of the One. That song is a seed for everything good. Even someone with no place in the world finds a home there. You have been asleep a long time, so wake up. Keep the Naam close, and by the Guru's grace it settles in your heart and carries you across life's stormy sea. Remember it, and the curtain of wanting more tears away. Drink in the Guru's word, and your soul comes clean. After all the searching, the answer is love, and it grows in the Sangat. So set down your clever tricks and lean on the One. At the centre, the Rahao: keep repeating the Naam, and the Guru's grace carries you across.
Key Vocabulary
beej mantar — seed-mantra; nithaavay thaa-o — a home for the homeless; bhaojal — the world-ocean; patal — screen of Maya; sodhat — searching; si-aanap/chaturaa-ee — cleverness, trickery.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Awakening; love over technique (bin har bhagat nahee chhutkaaraa); trust over strategy; the ripening of love in the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One. The “screen of Maya” image and the “awake from sleep” line return in nearby Raamkalee shabads.
For Raag Raamkalee
Raamkalee's dawn character makes the “wake up!” refrain feel native to the raag.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam carries you across life's sea Preview: a seed-song, a home for the homeless, a long sleep ending, a torn curtain, and a stormy sea crossed
Today: Sing the praises of the One. That song is a seed for everything good. Even someone with no place in the world finds a home there. You have been asleep a long time, so wake up. Keep the Naam close, and by the Guru's grace it settles in your heart and carries you across life's stormy sea. Remember it, and the curtain of wanting more tears away. Drink in the Guru's word, and your soul comes clean. After all the searching, the answer is love, and it grows in the Sangat. So set down your clever tricks and lean on the One.
Keep repeating the Naam, and the Guru's grace carries you across.
For today: Before your day gets busy, say the Naam quietly ten times and notice your mind settle.
You've slept a long time — wake up and sing.
The Arc
Sing the praises of the One. That song is a seed for everything good. Even someone with no place in the world finds a home there. You have been asleep a long time, so wake up. Keep the Naam close, and by the Guru's grace it settles in your heart and carries you across life's stormy sea. Remember it, and the curtain of wanting more tears away. Drink in the Guru's word, and your soul comes clean. After all the searching, the answer is love, and it grows in the Sangat. So set down your clever tricks and lean on the One. At the centre, the Rahao: keep repeating the Naam, and the Guru's grace carries you across.
Key Vocabulary
beej mantar — seed-mantra; nithaavay thaa-o — a home for the homeless; bhaojal — the world-ocean; patal — screen of Maya; sodhat — searching; si-aanap/chaturaa-ee — cleverness, trickery.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Awakening; love over technique (bin har bhagat nahee chhutkaaraa); trust over strategy; the ripening of love in the Sangat, people gathered together to remember the One. The “screen of Maya” image and the “awake from sleep” line return in nearby Raamkalee shabads.
For Raag Raamkalee
Raamkalee's dawn character makes the “wake up!” refrain feel native to the raag.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam carries you across life's sea Preview: a seed-song, a home for the homeless, a long sleep ending, a torn curtain, and a stormy sea crossed
Today: Sing the praises of the One. That song is a seed for everything good. Even someone with no place in the world finds a home there. You have been asleep a long time, so wake up. Keep the Naam close, and by the Guru's grace it settles in your heart and carries you across life's stormy sea. Remember it, and the curtain of wanting more tears away. Drink in the Guru's word, and your soul comes clean. After all the searching, the answer is love, and it grows in the Sangat. So set down your clever tricks and lean on the One.
Keep repeating the Naam, and the Guru's grace carries you across.
For today: Before your day gets busy, say the Naam quietly ten times and notice your mind settle.