Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh!

English translation of the daily Hukamnama.

(Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Ang: 529)

The Hukamnama today is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Devagandhari Raag on Ang 529 of Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji.

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

dyvgMDwrI ]
dayvganDhaaree.
Dayv-Gandhaaree:

mweI sunq soc BY frq ]
maa-ee sunat soch bhai darat.
O mother, I hear of death, and think of it, and I am filled with fear.

myr qyr qjau AiBmwnw srin suAwmI kI prq ]1] rhwau ]
mayr tayr taja-o abhimaanaa saran su-aamee kee parat. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Renouncing ‘mine and yours’ and egotism, I have sought the Sanctuary of the Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

jo jo khY soeI Bl mwnau nwih n kw bol krq ]
jo jo kahai so-ee bhal maan-o naahi na kaa bol karat.
Whatever He says, I accept that as good. I do not say "No" to what He says.

inmK n ibsrau hIey mory qy ibsrq jweI hau mrq ]1]
nimakh na bisara-o hee-ay moray tay bisrat jaa-ee ha-o marat. ||1||
Let me not forget Him, even for an instant; forgetting Him, I die. ||1||

suKdweI pUrn pRBu krqw myrI bhuqu ieAwnp jrq ]
sukh-daa-ee pooran parabh kartaa mayree bahut i-aanap jarat.
The Giver of peace, God, the Perfect Creator, endures my great ignorance.

inrguin krUip kulhIx nwnk hau And rUp suAwmI Brq ]2]3]
nirgun karoop kulheen naanak ha-o anad roop su-aamee bharat. ||2||3||
I am worthless, ugly and of low birth, O Nanak, but my Husband Lord is the embodiment of bliss. ||2||3||

The Shabad today is in Devagandhari Raag. The Devagandhari Raag which has an urge inside it for the merging of the soul bride and the husband Lord, Waheguru. And Guru Arjan Dev Ji says to us maa-ee sunat soch bhai darat O my mother, sunat hearing, soch and thinking about dying, I am filled with bhai darat fear, why? Because we fear the unknown. We fear things which are new to us. We fear that which will destroy us. But Guru ji says if you want to escape this fear what you have to do mayr tayr taja-o abhimaanaa saran su-aamee kee parat. Guru Ji says give up, taja-o the talks of mine and yours, mayr tayr. Give up these thoughts of abhimaanaa - egotism, these divisions. What you have to do, saran su-aamee kee parat. Fallout for the protection of the Lord. Give up all this ego and fall into the Lord’s protection. And you will not fear death because you will embrace it. Because you realize it, pehla maran kabool jeevan kee chad aas - You will realize that you have to accept death, you have to die, you have to kill your ego and therefore death won’t be a stranger to you. Rahao, Pause and think about this.

jo jo kahai so-ee bhal maan-o naahi na kaa bol karat.

Whatever Waheguru Ji says, jo jo kahai everything Waheguru Ji says, bhal maano I accept it as good for me. Whatever Wahrguru Ji says I accept it as good for me. I do not say no to Waheguru. I accept his Hukam, His will. I accept His divine law. nimakh na bisara-o hee-ay moray tay bisrat jaa-ee ha-o marat Guru Ji says that not even for an instant, nimakh let me forget God, not even for a moment, heat tay from my heart. bisrat jaa-ee ha-o marat - Whenever I forget God, that is my true death. Only when you forget God you truly die because only when you forget God you fall into kaam, Krodh, lobh, Moh, Ahankaar - lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego. Then Guru Ji says sukh-daa-ee pooran parabh kartaa mayree bahut i-aanap jarat. O Waheguru you are the giver of all peace and happiness - sukhdaaee, pooran - you are perfect, O Waheguru, karta - you are the creator of everything. mayree bahut i-aanap jarat ;jarat, means to endure; you endure my ignorance - iaanap. Iinspite my ignorance you hold me close to you, you love me. And I thank you for that O Waheguru, please keep me close.

And in the last line Guru Ji says nirgun - I am worthless, karoop - I am ugly due to my sins, kulheen - and I am of lowly status. O Nanak, anad roop su-aamee bharat My husband Lord, my bharat is a form of bliss and my husband Lord will save me.

Guru ji is saying that everyone on this earth fears death. The only way to break your fear is to jump into the unknown. The only way to break a fear is to face the thing you fear. And Guru Ji says falling on the feet of Guru you have to first kill your ego. That death will have to take place in you. Once that died you will never fear death again.

maa-ee sunat soch bhai darat.
mayr tayr taja-o abhimaanaa saran su-aamee kee parat. ||1|| rahaa-o.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh