English Translation of the Daily Hukamnama. (Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Ang: 565)

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Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh! 

Today’s hukamnama is from Guru Amardas Dev ji in raag Wadahans on page 585 of Siri Guru Granth Sahib. 

In this hukam, Guru Amardas is talking about Gurmat,  and the way that the wisdom and instructions of the Guru can guide the mind and make the human incarnation very precious and very worthwhile.

vfhMsu mhlw 3 ]
vaddeha(n)s mehalaa 3 ||

mnUAw dh ids Dwvdw Ehu kYsy hir gux gwvY ]
manooaa dheh dhis dhhaavadhaa ouhu kaisae har gun gaavai ||
He says that the mind is wandering in the 10 directions.  It is so scattered, so many thoughts. It is so scattered. How is it then possible with such a scattered mind to make a practice of singing about the virtues of God?

ieMdRI ivAwip rhI AiDkweI kwmu koDu inq sMqwvY ]1]
ei(n)dhree viaap rehee adhhikaaee kaam krodhh nith sa(n)thaavai ||1||
He talks about how the mind is completely absorbed in the sensual experience of the tatawas. Mind just directs itself into sensualism, and that it is totally disturbed by thoughts of inappropriate sexual desire and anger. 

And talking about this state, he just elevates it. He changes the energy. He is praising the Divine, praising the virtues of the Divine, and just cutting the doubt of the first two lines.

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