The hukamnama is by Sant Kabeer, in raag soraath and is on Ang 656 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj.

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Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh! 

soriT
sorat(h)i
Sorat’h:

<> siqgur pRswid ]
ik oa(n)kaar sathigur prasaadh ||
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

bhu prpMc kir pr Dnu ilAwvY ]
bahu parapa(n)ch kar par dhhan liaavai ||
Practicing great hypocrisy, he acquires the wealth of others.

suq dwrw pih Awin lutwvY ]1]
suth dhaaraa pehi aan luttaavai ||1||
Returning home, he squanders it on his wife and children. ||1||

mn myry BUly kptu n kIjY ]
man maerae bhoolae kapatt n keejai ||
O my mind, do not practice deception, even inadvertently.

AMiq inbyrw qyry jIA pih lIjY ]1] rhwau ]
a(n)th nibaeraa thaerae jeea pehi leejai ||1|| rehaao ||
In the end, your own soul shall have to answer for its account. ||1||Pause||

iCnu iCnu qnu CIjY jrw jnwvY ]
shhin shhin than shheejai jaraa janaavai ||
Moment by moment, the body is wearing away, and old age is asserting itself.

qb qyrI Ek koeI pwnIE n pwvY ]2]
thab thaeree ouk koee paaneeou n paavai ||2||
And then, when you are old, no one shall pour water into your cup. ||2||

khqu kbIru koeI nhI qyrw ]
kehath kabeer koee nehee thaeraa ||
Says Kabeer, no one belongs to you.

ihrdY rwmu kI n jpih svyrw ]3]9]
hiradhai raam kee n japehi savaeraa ||3||9||
Why not chant the Lord’s Name in your heart, when you are still young? ||3||9||
 

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh!

Today’s Hukumnama is from Sant Kabir in Raag Sorath.

Kabir talks today about the practice of lying and deception and he doesn’t just mean lying to others, he means lying to yourself, saying that when one acquires wealth through lying and that the money one gains is not gained through the sweat of one’s brow, but from other people, stolen from them, taken from them and then spent on his own needs and his own family that his soul will have to answer to God for that.

And, so he says, he is speaking to his mind and he says my mind don’t lie, even casually don’t lie, because life is wasting away moment by moment and old age will pounce upon you any moment and then when you are old no one will come to you to serve you and no one will take care of you. Because no one truly belongs to you and your family is not yours.

So he ends very simply, by saying remember God, chant God’s name now, while you are still young.

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh!