Hukamnama Translation - August 3, 2007

August 3rd, 2007

English Translation of the Daily Hukamnama. (Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Ang: 595)

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Today’s hukamnama is from Guru Nanak Devji in raag Sorath from page 595 of Siri Guru Granth Sahib.

<> siq nwmu krqw purKu inrBau inrvYru Akwl mUriq AjUnI sYBM gur pRswid ]
ik-onkaar sat naam kartaa purakh nirbha-o nirvair akaal moorat ajoonee saibhan gur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru’s Grace

soriT mhlw 1 Gru 1 caupdy ] 
sorath mehlaa 1 ghar 1 cha-upday.
Sorat’h, First Mehl, First House, Chau-Padas:

In the hukam today the Guru is talking to us about death and death is something inevitable for everybody, but we spend most of our lives caught in the world, not remembering that we have come here to go. In this hukam, the Guru is trying to help us understand how to see life in a way that is going to allow our death to be very smooth and easy.

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