Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh!

The Hukamnama today is by Guru Amar Das Ji in Raag Dhanaasree on Ang 664 of Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji.

Guru Amar Das Ji - Raag Dhanaasree - Ang 664

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DnwsrI mhlw 3 qIjw ]
dhhanaasaree mehalaa 3 theejaa ||
Dhanaasaree, Third Mehla:

jgu mYlw mYlo hoie jwie ]
jag mailaa mailo hoe jaae ||
The world is polluted, and those in the world become polluted as well.

AwvY jwie dUjY loBwie ]
aavai jaae dhoojai lobhaae ||
In attachment to duality, it comes and goes.

dUjY Bwie sB prj ivgoeI ]
dhoojai bhaae sabh paraj vigoee ||
This love of duality has ruined the entire world.

mnmuiK cotw Kwie ApunI piq KoeI ]1]
manamukh chottaa khaae apunee path khoee ||1||
The self-willed manmukh suffers punishment, and forfeits his honor. ||1||

gur syvw qy jnu inrmlu hoie ]
gur saevaa thae jan niramal hoe ||
Serving the Guru, one becomes immaculate.

AMqir nwmu vsY piq aUqm hoie ] rhwau ]
a(n)thar naam vasai path ootham hoe || rehaao ||
He enshrines the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within, and his state becomes exalted. ||Pause||

gurmuiK aubry hir srxweI ]
guramukh oubarae har saranaaee ||
The Gurmukhs are saved, taking to the Lord’s Sanctuary.

rwm nwim rwqy Bgiq idRVweI ]
raam naam raathae bhagath dhrirraaee ||
Attuned to the Lord’s Name, they commit themselves to devotional worship.

Bgiq kry jnu vifAweI pwey ]
bhagath karae jan vaddiaaee paaeae ||
The Lord’s humble servant performs devotional worship, and is blessed with greatness.

swic rqy suK shij smwey ]2]
saach rathae sukh sehaj samaaeae ||2||
Attuned to Truth, he is absorbed in celestial peace. ||2||

swcy kw gwhku ivrlw ko jwxu ]
saachae kaa gaahak viralaa ko jaan ||
Know that one who purchases the True Name is very rare.

gur kY sbid Awpu pCwxu ]
gur kai sabadh aap pashhaan ||
Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, he comes to understand himself.

swcI rwis swcw vwpwru ]
saachee raas saachaa vaapaar ||
True is his capital, and true is his trade.

so DMnu purKu ijsu nwim ipAwru ]3]
so dhha(n)n purakh jis naam piaar ||3||
Blessed is that person, who loves the Naam. ||3||

iqin pRiB swcY ieik sic lwey ]
thin prabh saachai eik sach laaeae ||
God, the True Lord, has attached some to His True Name.

aUqm bwxI sbdu suxwey ]
ootham baanee sabadh sunaaeae ||
They listen to the most sublime Word of His Bani, and the Word of His Shabad.

pRB swcy kI swcI kwr ]
prabh saachae kee saachee kaar ||
True is service to the True Lord God.

nwnk nwim svwrxhwr ]4]4]
naanak naam savaaranehaar ||4||4||
O Nanak, the Naam is the Embellisher. ||4||4||

Raag Dhanaasree has a feeling of being carefree, a feeling of optimism for the future, as in the past has gone, the future is coming, and the future will be better. The shabad is given to us by Sri Guru Amar Daas ji the third Guru. Guru Amar Das ji met Guru Angaad Dev ji when he was over the age of 60. Guru Amar Das ji’s whole life as a Sikh was totally devoted to doing sewa for Sri Guru Angaad Dev ji. For twelve years he woke early in the morning in the amrit vela, the early hours, and walked to the river. He’d collect water for the Guru and he’d bring it back for the Guru’s ishnaan. The river was miles away. He used to walk there backwards, saying “I don’t want to have my back to the Guru”. That’s how much love he had for Guru ji.

Before reading this hukam we have to understand that Guru Amar Das Ji’s sewa was so great, so amazing.

“Jag mailaa mailo ho-ay jaa-ay.”
The world is polluted. And instead of purifying ourselves, we wallow in the pollution of the world. “The world is polluted by what?” you may ask. Physically the world is polluted, but it’s also spiritually and mentally polluted. The vibes that people are giving out on the world are usually negative. The vibes of the sangat around you are usually kam, krodh, lobh, moh and ahankar. That’s kam which is lust, krodh which is anger, lobh which is greed, moh which is attachment and ahankar which is ego.

“Aavai jaa-ay doojai lobhaa-ay.”
In Gurmut, we believe in re-incarnation. Guruji is saying that reason for you going back into these lives and being reborn, for all of us, is that we get attached to duality, we don’t attach our minds to the one, to Ik Ongkar, to the one primal being. It’s our attachment to duality that brings us back on this earth. And what is duality? Duality is seeing anything apart from that one. The Guru Granth Sahib ji says “ik bin dooja nahee koie”. Without the one there is nothing else. The only way of ending this cycle of reincarnation is to see the one in everything.

“Doojai bhaa-ay sabh paraj vigo-ee.”
The love of this duality, of this maya around us, sabh paraj vigo-ee, paraj means population, vigo-ee means ruined, sabh means all. So for this love of maya the whole world has been ruined, has been infected.

“Manmukh chotaa khaa-ay apunee pat kho-ee. ||1||”
Those who follow theirs minds, they suffer punishment. Why is that? Because in following the mind we get attached to maya. We attach our thoughts to those things around us which are momentary, temporary. God is the only being who is permanent. Even Budhha said in his Dhammapada, in his religious teachings said, “All things arise and pass away, but the awakened awake forever.” Guru ji is saying something similar. Guru ji is saying that the whole world is temporary, and we suffer punishment when we attach ourselves to the temporary. If we attached ourselves to the permanent one, to Ik Ongkar, we wouldn’t suffer punishment. Maharaj says, “Apunee pat kho-ee.” This is the way in which we lose our honour, we lose our respect for our own souls.

“Gur sayvaa tay jan nirmal ho-ay.”
Guru ji has given us the answer here, in these lines of the rahao, the pause. This is the crux of the shabad. “Gur sayvaa tay jan nirmal ho-ay.” But there is a way of purifying. This is where the optimism of Raag Dhanseree comes in. Serving the Guru, doing the Guru’s sewa, one becomes pure. Nirmal means pure.

“Antar naam vasai pat ootam ho-ay. rahaa-o.”
Antar means inside, internally, naam vasai. Internally repeating the naam, the name of the Lord, meditating upon it, “pat ootam ho-ay”. Pat -your honour, your state, your respect for your soul grows, “ootam ho-ay”. We neglect our souls, that’s why we lose our respect for our souls, the honour of our souls. When we look after our souls, our atma, when we do naam simran, sewa, meditation… Then we’re looking after our souls. Then the state of our souls, of our spirituality becomes exalted, becomes high. “Pat ootam ho-ay.” Ootam means exalted. Rahaa-o. Pause and meditate on this line.

“Gurmukh ubray har sarnaa-ee.”
Gurmukh, the people who follow the Guru. Ubray -are saved in god’s sarane, under God’s (Har) protection.

“Raam naam raatay bhagat darirhaa-ee.”
Because they imbue themselves, (raatay means to be attuned to, to be imbued in, to be one with) they are one with the name of God. “Bhagat darirhaa-ee” their vibration becomes the eternal vibration of the world. “Bhagat darirhaa-ee” means not only to commit oneself, but to commit others as well. So not only do they commit themselves to this devotion to God, they bring devotion in those around them. A happy person gives off happy vibes. A Gurmukh, a person whose attached to the Guru, people around him, people around her, will feel those vibes.

“Bhagat karay jan vadi-aa-ee paa-ay.”
Through doing this devotional worship,”Bhagat karay”. “Bhagat karay jan vadi-aa-ee paa-ay.” Vadiaaee means greatness, all virtues. Performing this service, this devotional worship, the lord’s servant is blessed with greatness.

“Saach ratay sukh sahj samaa-ay. ||2||”
Rut again, is a variation of ratay, to be attuned to. When we attuned ourselves to the one true God who is there forever, such sahj samaa-ay. We’re taken into this sehaj, this celestial, this heavily peace.

“Saachay kaa gaahak virlaa ko jaan.”
Guru ji says remember! Gaahak means customer, someone interest in something, but only a few people are interested in this saach, this truth. Virlaa means a few.

“Gur kai sabad aap pachhaan.”
Guru ji is saying use this shabad as a mirror to see your own soul and understand yourself.

“Saachee raas saachaa vaapaar.”
Raas means that which is purchased through a trade, a capital, something which you gain. This is naam from the guru. Saachaa vaapaar. The naam is true. The raas which you get out of this is true. Saachaa vaapaar. The trade of the guru is true because you trade in all your bad qualities to the Guru . You give up your ego, kam, krodh, anger, lust. And the Guru in return gives you the gift of naam.

“So Dhan purakh jis naam pi-aar. ||3||”
Blessed, all hail to that person, who has true love for the naam, the name of the Lord.

“Tin parabh saachai ik sach laa-ay.”
The true lord attaches his devotee to the one truth, which is the naam.

“Ootam banee sabad sunaa-ay.”
Those people who are tuned to God’s name, they listen internally to the bani which plays within them constantly. The Guru talks to them inside, through the shabad.

“Parabh saachay kee saachee kaar.”
True is the service to the Guru. Remember, doing service of false things brings falseness. But doing service for the true one brings truth inside us. Guruji is saying do sewa for the True one, but don’t become a slave to your mind.

“Naanak naam savaaranhaar. ||4||4||”
Oh Nanak, the name of God will look after everything!

Just like another shabad by Guru Amar Das Ji in Raag Vidhans. “Jin kai har naam vasiaa sadh hiradhai har naamo thin ka(n)o rakhanehaaraa” (Ang: 592). Those in whose hearts the name of God is filled forever, have the name of God as their protector. As we attune ours to the true one, we will find truth and we will find happiness.

So Guru ji has given us here the way to get out of the impurity of the world, and also the way to attach ourselves to God, and what will happen when we attune ourselves to that one true God who is in all of us.

“Gur sayvaa tay jan nirmal ho-ay. Antar naam vasai pat ootam ho-ay. Rahaa-o.”

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh!