Meet the ones who raised you with gentleness, not with quarrels.
The Arc
Arguing with a parent can start over nothing. A word, a tone, and suddenly you are fighting the person who gave you life and raised you. Pause there. Be gentle. The money and stuff people feel proud of belongs to no one. It passes through your hands like a library book and goes back on the shelf. Its pleasures fade in a moment. The One has been your Guardian the whole time. Keep the Naam close. Listen to this teaching and take it in, and the ache inside you eases. At the centre, the Rahao: gentleness toward the father who gave you life and raised you.
Key Vocabulary
jhagrat — quarreling, arguing.
baap — father; the one who gave life and raised you.
garab — the pride taken in wealth.
bikhi-aa ras — fleeting pleasures left behind at death.
jo sunhu ta-o jaa-ay santaap — if you listen, the suffering departs (Suniai).
Themes and Cross-Connections
On its surface this shabad honors parents; on the deeper level it also speaks of the soul and its Source. Its close makes Suniai practical — real listening eases real pain.
For Raag Saarang
A quieter, more intimate note within Saarang: the longing here is a parent's longing for a child to stay close, and the child's for the peace that honoring brings.
Translation Notes
Paap usually means "sin." Here it names the harm a quarrel does to the bond between a child and the one who raised them.
Hukumnama
Subject: Be gentle with the ones who raised you Preview: a son and his father, wealth that belongs to no one, pleasures gone in a moment, and a teaching to hear.
Today: Arguing with a parent can start over nothing. A word, a tone, and suddenly you are fighting the person who gave you life and raised you. Pause there. Be gentle. The money and stuff people feel proud of belongs to no one. It passes through your hands like a library book and goes back on the shelf. Its pleasures fade in a moment. The One has been your Guardian the whole time. Keep the Naam close. Listen to this teaching and take it in, and the ache inside you eases.
Meet the ones who gave you life with gentleness.
For today: Do one kind thing for a parent today without being asked.
Meet the ones who raised you with gentleness, not with quarrels.
The Arc
Arguing with a parent can start over nothing. A word, a tone, and suddenly you are fighting the person who gave you life and raised you. Pause there. Be gentle. The money and stuff people feel proud of belongs to no one. It passes through your hands like a library book and goes back on the shelf. Its pleasures fade in a moment. The One has been your Guardian the whole time. Keep the Naam close. Listen to this teaching and take it in, and the ache inside you eases. At the centre, the Rahao: gentleness toward the father who gave you life and raised you.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
On its surface this shabad honors parents; on the deeper level it also speaks of the soul and its Source. Its close makes Suniai practical — real listening eases real pain.
For Raag Saarang
A quieter, more intimate note within Saarang: the longing here is a parent's longing for a child to stay close, and the child's for the peace that honoring brings.
Translation Notes
Paap usually means "sin." Here it names the harm a quarrel does to the bond between a child and the one who raised them.
Hukumnama
Subject: Be gentle with the ones who raised you Preview: a son and his father, wealth that belongs to no one, pleasures gone in a moment, and a teaching to hear.
Today: Arguing with a parent can start over nothing. A word, a tone, and suddenly you are fighting the person who gave you life and raised you. Pause there. Be gentle. The money and stuff people feel proud of belongs to no one. It passes through your hands like a library book and goes back on the shelf. Its pleasures fade in a moment. The One has been your Guardian the whole time. Keep the Naam close. Listen to this teaching and take it in, and the ache inside you eases.
Meet the ones who gave you life with gentleness.
For today: Do one kind thing for a parent today without being asked.