The world is like a dream — so keep the One in your heart, and come and play.
The Arc
Some things look huge and then fade, like a dream you forget by lunch. The world's big show is like that. Reach for it and it slips through your hands. So why let it pull you around? Speak kind, beautiful words. Sing the praises that no money can buy. Hold the Guru's Word in your mind, and you find a home inside yourself where the One lives. There, love turns into play, like friends laughing on a summer evening. The One is all warmth and always gentle with you. Sit with the Sangat, keep the One in mind, and old fears loosen their grip. At the centre, the Rahao: the Guru's Word, the One's home within, and a delighted play in the One's love.
Key Vocabulary
mahaa kayl — the great play, delight in the One.
supan sansaar — the world as a dream.
mithnee bisthaar — a show that does not hold.
khachee-ai — absorbed, wrapped up.
jameh mayl rahay — the association with death ended.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Partaal's playfulness turns Saarang's longing light and glad — longing that has found its footing can dance.
For Raag Saarang
A rare bright, playful moment in the longing raag: love that plays.
Translation Notes
jameh mayl rahay — the tie to death is ended — pictures the fear of ending dropping away. The Partaal form moves in a quick, dancing rhythm.
Hukumnama
Subject: Hold the Guru's Word and play with the One Preview: a dancing rhythm, a home inside, a dream world that slips away, and a love that wraps you up.
Today: Some things look huge and then fade, like a dream you forget by lunch. The world's big show is like that. Reach for it and it slips through your hands. So why let it pull you around? Speak kind, beautiful words. Sing the praises that no money can buy. Hold the Guru's Word in your mind, and you find a home inside yourself where the One lives. There, love turns into play, like friends laughing on a summer evening. The One is all warmth and always gentle with you. Sit with the Sangat, keep the One in mind, and old fears loosen their grip.
Hold the Guru's Word, and you get to play with the One.
For today: Read one line of the Guru's Word this morning, then do one thing just for the joy of it.
The world is like a dream — so keep the One in your heart, and come and play.
The Arc
Some things look huge and then fade, like a dream you forget by lunch. The world's big show is like that. Reach for it and it slips through your hands. So why let it pull you around? Speak kind, beautiful words. Sing the praises that no money can buy. Hold the Guru's Word in your mind, and you find a home inside yourself where the One lives. There, love turns into play, like friends laughing on a summer evening. The One is all warmth and always gentle with you. Sit with the Sangat, keep the One in mind, and old fears loosen their grip. At the centre, the Rahao: the Guru's Word, the One's home within, and a delighted play in the One's love.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Partaal's playfulness turns Saarang's longing light and glad — longing that has found its footing can dance.
For Raag Saarang
A rare bright, playful moment in the longing raag: love that plays.
Translation Notes
jameh mayl rahay — the tie to death is ended — pictures the fear of ending dropping away. The Partaal form moves in a quick, dancing rhythm.
Hukumnama
Subject: Hold the Guru's Word and play with the One Preview: a dancing rhythm, a home inside, a dream world that slips away, and a love that wraps you up.
Today: Some things look huge and then fade, like a dream you forget by lunch. The world's big show is like that. Reach for it and it slips through your hands. So why let it pull you around? Speak kind, beautiful words. Sing the praises that no money can buy. Hold the Guru's Word in your mind, and you find a home inside yourself where the One lives. There, love turns into play, like friends laughing on a summer evening. The One is all warmth and always gentle with you. Sit with the Sangat, keep the One in mind, and old fears loosen their grip.
Hold the Guru's Word, and you get to play with the One.
For today: Read one line of the Guru's Word this morning, then do one thing just for the joy of it.