All of me is Yours, gift after gift — and the Sangat is fortune itself.
The Arc
Think of your closest friend. Now think closer than that, as close as your own breath. That is how near the One is. Your mind, your things, your body and your life all came from the One. Even your body is like cloth stitched together by a caring hand. Gift after gift keeps arriving, more kinds than you can count, and none of it is wages. The One knows what is inside your heart and keeps your honor safe, again and again. And the people who know the One are a blessing to the world. Getting to sit with them in the Sangat is great good fortune. At the centre, the Rahao: the One as friend, companion and breath of life, and all of me belonging to the One.
Key Vocabulary
meet sakhaa har paraan — friend, companion, breath of life.
ih tan seeto tumrai dhaan — this body sewn together by Your blessing.
anik parkaaraa — gifts of countless kinds; maan — honor.
antarjaamee — the One who knows the heart.
jan kaa sang / vadbhaagee — the Sangat of the humble, found by great fortune.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Grace-not-earned is stated plainly: the gifts are a freely given stream, never wages. This shabad ends on the Sangat, a note that recurs throughout Guru Arjan’s Saarang — one of life’s great graces.
For Raag Saarang
The Saarang heart is fully answered here: everything it is comes as gift, and its longing rests in the blessed Sangat of those who know the One.
Hukumnama
Subject: Everything I am belongs to the One Preview: a friend as close as breath, a body stitched like cloth, gift after gift, and a lucky seat in the Sangat.
Today: Think of your closest friend. Now think closer than that, as close as your own breath. That is how near the One is. Your mind, your things, your body and your life all came from the One. Even your body is like cloth stitched together by a caring hand. Gift after gift keeps arriving, more kinds than you can count, and none of it is wages. The One knows what is inside your heart and keeps your honor safe, again and again. And the people who know the One are a blessing to the world. Getting to sit with them in the Sangat is great good fortune.
Everything you are belongs to the One.
For today: Count five gifts today you did nothing to earn, and thank the One for each one.
All of me is Yours, gift after gift — and the Sangat is fortune itself.
The Arc
Think of your closest friend. Now think closer than that, as close as your own breath. That is how near the One is. Your mind, your things, your body and your life all came from the One. Even your body is like cloth stitched together by a caring hand. Gift after gift keeps arriving, more kinds than you can count, and none of it is wages. The One knows what is inside your heart and keeps your honor safe, again and again. And the people who know the One are a blessing to the world. Getting to sit with them in the Sangat is great good fortune. At the centre, the Rahao: the One as friend, companion and breath of life, and all of me belonging to the One.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Grace-not-earned is stated plainly: the gifts are a freely given stream, never wages. This shabad ends on the Sangat, a note that recurs throughout Guru Arjan’s Saarang — one of life’s great graces.
For Raag Saarang
The Saarang heart is fully answered here: everything it is comes as gift, and its longing rests in the blessed Sangat of those who know the One.
Hukumnama
Subject: Everything I am belongs to the One Preview: a friend as close as breath, a body stitched like cloth, gift after gift, and a lucky seat in the Sangat.
Today: Think of your closest friend. Now think closer than that, as close as your own breath. That is how near the One is. Your mind, your things, your body and your life all came from the One. Even your body is like cloth stitched together by a caring hand. Gift after gift keeps arriving, more kinds than you can count, and none of it is wages. The One knows what is inside your heart and keeps your honor safe, again and again. And the people who know the One are a blessing to the world. Getting to sit with them in the Sangat is great good fortune.
Everything you are belongs to the One.
For today: Count five gifts today you did nothing to earn, and thank the One for each one.