A home filled with song is a home where the heavy things lose their grip.
The Arc
Picture a home where someone is always singing the One's praises. In the kitchen, in the car, before bed. Music fills that place, and everyone in it is lucky. Old hurts heal there. Wanting, anger, greed, clinging and pride lose their grip, and the One shows them the door. So call your friends in. Say the Naam together. Keep it in what you think, what you say and what you do. Stay awake inside. Joy comes and stays. A good life, enough to live on, your heart's wishes and freedom itself all come along with it. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam of the One, the Divine above all the divine and the dearest Beloved.
Key Vocabulary
sagal dev devaa — the divine behind all the divine.
garihi — the household.
panch sabad — the five primal sounds; celestial harmony.
man bachan karam — thought, word, and deed together.
jaagran — spiritual wakefulness.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The household-of-praise and the five inner forces are the keynotes here. The four classical aims of life (dharam, arth, kaam, mokh) appear as the fullness promised to the devotee.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's devotion becomes communal and domestic in this shabad: the longing is answered not only in a single heart but in a whole home filled with song.
Translation Notes
Kaam, kroDh, lobh, moh and abhimaan are wanting, anger, greed, clinging and pride, the five thieves that quietly steal our peace. The four aims of life, dharam, arath, kaam and mokh, are a good life, what you need, your hopes and freedom.
Hukumnama
Subject: Say the Naam of the One, your Beloved Preview: a home full of song, five sacred sounds, five thieves shown the door, and friends staying awake together.
Today: Picture a home where someone is always singing the One's praises. In the kitchen, in the car, before bed. Music fills that place, and everyone in it is lucky. Old hurts heal there. Wanting, anger, greed, clinging and pride lose their grip, and the One shows them the door. So call your friends in. Say the Naam together. Keep it in what you think, what you say and what you do. Stay awake inside. Joy comes and stays. A good life, enough to live on, your heart's wishes and freedom itself all come along with it.
The One is your Beloved; say the Naam with love.
For today: Play or sing one shabad at home today, and invite someone to join you.
A home filled with song is a home where the heavy things lose their grip.
The Arc
Picture a home where someone is always singing the One's praises. In the kitchen, in the car, before bed. Music fills that place, and everyone in it is lucky. Old hurts heal there. Wanting, anger, greed, clinging and pride lose their grip, and the One shows them the door. So call your friends in. Say the Naam together. Keep it in what you think, what you say and what you do. Stay awake inside. Joy comes and stays. A good life, enough to live on, your heart's wishes and freedom itself all come along with it. At the centre, the Rahao: the Naam of the One, the Divine above all the divine and the dearest Beloved.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The household-of-praise and the five inner forces are the keynotes here. The four classical aims of life (dharam, arth, kaam, mokh) appear as the fullness promised to the devotee.
For Raag Saarang
Saarang's devotion becomes communal and domestic in this shabad: the longing is answered not only in a single heart but in a whole home filled with song.
Translation Notes
Kaam, kroDh, lobh, moh and abhimaan are wanting, anger, greed, clinging and pride, the five thieves that quietly steal our peace. The four aims of life, dharam, arath, kaam and mokh, are a good life, what you need, your hopes and freedom.
Hukumnama
Subject: Say the Naam of the One, your Beloved Preview: a home full of song, five sacred sounds, five thieves shown the door, and friends staying awake together.
Today: Picture a home where someone is always singing the One's praises. In the kitchen, in the car, before bed. Music fills that place, and everyone in it is lucky. Old hurts heal there. Wanting, anger, greed, clinging and pride lose their grip, and the One shows them the door. So call your friends in. Say the Naam together. Keep it in what you think, what you say and what you do. Stay awake inside. Joy comes and stays. A good life, enough to live on, your heart's wishes and freedom itself all come along with it.
The One is your Beloved; say the Naam with love.
For today: Play or sing one shabad at home today, and invite someone to join you.