A heart lives on the Name the way the rainbird lives for its one raindrop.
The Arc
Every good thing you have ever loved traces back to one Source. Kindness, music, a friend who gets you. Keep that Source in mind. Say the Naam. It tastes sweet, like nectar, and the thirst for it is a gift too. Think of cold water after a long game on a hot day. The One leads a thirsty heart to the Guru, and there it finally drinks. Those who keep serving the One find their pain, doubt and fear lift away. Picture the rainbird that waits for one raindrop and wants no other water. Hold the Naam like that. At the centre, the Rahao: Govind, the treasure of every good thing and the Lord of all creation.
Key Vocabulary
gunee nidhaan — the treasure-house of every virtue.
abhinaasee — imperishable; the One that never fades.
amrit — nectar; the sweetness of the Name.
jis raam pi-aasee — the one given the thirst for the One.
chaatrik — the rainbird that drinks only the swaanti raindrop.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The chaatrik is the quintessential Saarang image: one-pointed longing that will be satisfied by nothing but the true water. The thirst-motif that ran from the monsoon shabad onward reaches its clearest picture here.
For Raag Saarang
If the raag has a single emblem, it is the rainbird of this shabad — a heart that lives for the One the way the chaatrik lives for its raindrop, satisfied by no substitute.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One, the treasure of all good Preview: a treasure-house, sweet nectar for the thirsty, and a rainbird waiting for its one raindrop.
Today: Every good thing you have ever loved traces back to one Source. Kindness, music, a friend who gets you. Keep that Source in mind. Say the Naam. It tastes sweet, like nectar, and the thirst for it is a gift too. Think of cold water after a long game on a hot day. The One leads a thirsty heart to the Guru, and there it finally drinks. Those who keep serving the One find their pain, doubt and fear lift away. Picture the rainbird that waits for one raindrop and wants no other water. Hold the Naam like that.
Every good thing comes from the One; keep the One in mind.
For today: Before your first drink of water today, pause and say the Naam once, slowly.
A heart lives on the Name the way the rainbird lives for its one raindrop.
The Arc
Every good thing you have ever loved traces back to one Source. Kindness, music, a friend who gets you. Keep that Source in mind. Say the Naam. It tastes sweet, like nectar, and the thirst for it is a gift too. Think of cold water after a long game on a hot day. The One leads a thirsty heart to the Guru, and there it finally drinks. Those who keep serving the One find their pain, doubt and fear lift away. Picture the rainbird that waits for one raindrop and wants no other water. Hold the Naam like that. At the centre, the Rahao: Govind, the treasure of every good thing and the Lord of all creation.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The chaatrik is the quintessential Saarang image: one-pointed longing that will be satisfied by nothing but the true water. The thirst-motif that ran from the monsoon shabad onward reaches its clearest picture here.
For Raag Saarang
If the raag has a single emblem, it is the rainbird of this shabad — a heart that lives for the One the way the chaatrik lives for its raindrop, satisfied by no substitute.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One, the treasure of all good Preview: a treasure-house, sweet nectar for the thirsty, and a rainbird waiting for its one raindrop.
Today: Every good thing you have ever loved traces back to one Source. Kindness, music, a friend who gets you. Keep that Source in mind. Say the Naam. It tastes sweet, like nectar, and the thirst for it is a gift too. Think of cold water after a long game on a hot day. The One leads a thirsty heart to the Guru, and there it finally drinks. Those who keep serving the One find their pain, doubt and fear lift away. Picture the rainbird that waits for one raindrop and wants no other water. Hold the Naam like that.
Every good thing comes from the One; keep the One in mind.
For today: Before your first drink of water today, pause and say the Naam once, slowly.