English Translation of the Daily Hukamnama (Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ang: 505)

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  gUjrI mhlw 1 Gru 4
  goojaree mehalaa 1 ghar 4
  Goojaree, First Mehla, Fourth House:

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

  Bgiq pRym AwrwiDqM scu ipAws prm ihqM ]
  bhagath praem aaraadhhitha(n) sach piaas param hitha(n) ||
  The devotees worship the Lord in loving adoration. They thirst for the True
  Lord, with infinite affection.

  ibllwp ibll ibnMqIAw suK Bwie icq ihqM ]1]
  bilalaap bilal bina(n)theeaa sukh bhaae chith hitha(n) ||1||
  They tearfully beg and implore the Lord; in love and affection, their
  Consciousness is at peace. ||1||

  jip mn nwmu hir srxI ]
  jap man naam har saranee ||
  Chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, O my mind, and take to His
  Sanctuary.

  sMswr swgr qwir qwrx rm nwm kir krxI ]1] rhwau ]
  sa(n)saar saagar thaar thaaran ram naam kar karanee ||1|| rehaao ||
  The Lord’s Name is the boat to cross over the world-ocean. Practice such a
  way of life. ||1||Pause||
  

  ey mn imrq suB icMqM gur sbid hir rmxM ]
  eae man mirath subh chi(n)tha(n) gur sabadh har ramana(n) ||
  O mind, even death wishes you well, when you remember the Lord through
  the Word of the Guru’s Shabad.

  miq qqu igAwnM kilAwx inDwnM hir nwm min rmxM ]2]
  math thath giaana(n) kaliaan nidhhaana(n) har naam man ramana(n) ||2||
  The intellect receives the treasure, the knowledge of reality and
  supreme bliss, by repeating the Lord’s Name in the mind. ||2||

  cl icq ivq BRmw BRmM jgu moh mgn ihqM ]
  chal chith vith bhramaa bhrama(n) jag moh magan hitha(n) ||
  The fickle consciousness wanders around chasing after wealth; it is
  intoxicated with worldly love and emotional attachment.

  iQru nwmu Bgiq idVM mqI gur vwik sbd rqM ]3]
  thhir naam bhagath dhirra(n) mathee gur vaak sabadh ratha(n) ||3||
  Devotion to the Naam is permanently implanted within the mind, when it
  is attuned to the Guru’s Teachings and His Shabad. ||3||

  Brmwiq Brmu n cUkeI jgu jnim ibAwiD KpM ]
  bharamaath bharam n chookee jag janam biaadhh khapa(n) ||
  Wandering around, doubt is not dispelled; afflicted by reincarnation,
  the world is being ruined.

  AsQwnu hir inhkyvlM siq mqI nwm qpM ]4]
  asathhaan har nihakaevala(n) sath mathee naam thapa(n) ||4||
  The Lord’s eternal throne is free of this affliction; he is truly wise, who
  takes the Naam as his deep meditation. ||4||

  iehu jgu moh hyq ibAwipqM duKu AiDk jnm mrxM ]
  eihu jag moh haeth biaapitha(n) dhukh adhhik janam marana(n) ||
  This world is engrossed in attachment and transitory love; it suffers
  the terrible pains of birth and death.

  Bju srix siqgur aUbrih hir nwmu ird rmxM ]5]
  bhaj saran sathigur oobarehi har naam ridh ramana(n) ||5||
  Run to the Sanctuary of the True Guru, chant the Lord’s Name in
  your heart, and you shall swim across. ||5||

  gurmiq inhcl min mnu mnM shj bIcwrM ]
  guramath nihachal man man mana(n) sehaj beechaara(n) ||
  Following the Guru’s Teaching, the mind becomes stable; the
  mind accepts it, and reflects upon it in peaceful poise.

  so mnu inrmlu ijqu swcu AMqir igAwn rqnu swrM ]6]
  so man niramal jith saach a(n)thar giaan rathan saara(n) ||6||
  That mind is pure, which enshrines Truth within, and the most
  excellent jewel of spiritual wisdom. ||6||

  BY Bwie Bgiq qru Bvjlu mnw icqu lwie hir crxI ]
  bhai bhaae bhagath thar bhavajal manaa chith laae har charanee ||
  By the Fear of God, and Love of God, and by devotion, man
  crosses over the terrifying world-ocean, focusing his consciousness
  on the Lord’s Lotus Feet.

  hir nwmu ihrdY pivqR pwvnu iehu srIru qau srxI ]7]
  har naam hiradhai pavithra paavan eihu sareer tho saranee ||7||
  The Name of the Lord, the most pure and sacred, is within my
  heart; this body is Your Sanctuary, Lord. ||7||

  lb loB lhir invwrxM hir nwm rwis mnM ]
  lab lobh lehar nivaarana(n) har naam raas mana(n) ||
  The waves of greed and avarice are subdued, by treasuring the
  Lord’s Name in the mind.

  mnu mwir quhI inrMjnw khu nwnkw srnM ]8]1]5]
  man maar thuhee nira(n)janaa kahu naanakaa sarana(n) ||8||1||5||
  Subdue my mind, O Pure Immaculate Lord; says Nanak, I have
  entered Your Sanctuary. ||8||1||5||

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

In the Hukam today, Guru ji describes the state of consciousness of the Bhagat. He describes that state of consciousness of living in awe and adoration of the One.

He describes that when you start to chant the Naam, that is what you want to do all the time. It resounds within you and it produces great peace of your consciousness.

He says that you come into this state of peace of protection and the Naam is the boat that carries us across the ocean of the world.

He exhorts us to live in this state of consciousness, this state of Bhakti of love of the One.

Then he speaks to his own mind and he says “O my mind, you are even blessed by death, when you remember that you are one with God through the power of the Guru’s bani, and that the gyan the inner knowledge wells up automatically inside when you repeat the Naam”.

Instead of your mind jumping around like a monkey, from one thing to another, and constantly being absorbed in the day to day affairs of the world, that that sense of deep love and devotion wells up, that hunger to penetrate deep into that peace of Naam and that this comes as you are absorbed into the Guru’s Shabad.

Then he says by traveling to many places you do not get rid of your doubt and duality and that being born again and again, people go through the cycle of birth and death.

Then he describes the state of gyan, natural wisdom. He says when you meditate on the Naam your knowledge becomes automatic.

He reflects that everyone in the world is attached to the love of maya and going through the cycles of birth and death. He just tells us to seek the protection of the Guru, to chant Naam, to be saved and when you do this, your mind becomes calm and under your control and a sense of deep and indescribable peace wells up within you and fills your body.

He says this makes the mind pure naturally, just like a jewel clearly reflects the light. Now what makes the jewel valuable is when it is faceted and the light clearly reflects and the mind becomes like that.

He says that by living in this state of awe and love of the One, through that deep, deep sense of devotion, focusing on meditation on the Lord’s Lotus Feet, the body and the mind become sacred. Each moment becomes sacred and the feelings of wanting things and personal accomplishment, these things fall away.

So in this Shabad, Guruji is describing how to control your own mind, how to come out of constant agitation and worry and thinking and to enter the protection of the Guru, by meditating on the whole Naam.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!