The hukamnama is from Guru Arjan Dev ji on page 628 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib 

Today’s hukam is a really beautiful description of how the consciousness of the human being becomes awakened, and is a place of total surrender. And in Gurbani what the Guru will clarify is that when we come into a place of grace and we come to the experience of the Naam, it is because the Divine is smiling on us. It is not something that we can grab ourselves. It is not something that we can manipulate or control. But when the awakening happens, it is a miraculous experience where we start to feel the kindness of the Divine so present in our lives that everything is completed and taken care of for us. This is the state of consciousness that Guru Arjan is describing for us in this hukam.

Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Ang 628) Guru Arjun Dev Ji

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sathigur poorae bhaanaa ||
When it was pleasing to the Perfect True Guru,

thaa japiaa naam ramaanaa ||
then I chanted the Naam, the Name of the Pervading Lord.

The hukam begins that when it pleases, or when it is within the will or the plans of the Perfect Teacher of Truth, then we Jap. Then we are in a continual meditative speaking and remembering of the Identity of the Divine. And when the Creator is kind and is showing kindness to us, then that Transcendent One brings protection and honor into our lives. So it is a reciprocal communication between the individual and the transcendental consciousness of the Divine that we call God. And it is through the Guru, the Perfect Guru, that we actually begin to relate, meditatively repeat, the Naam or the Name of God. What that means is to be in a remembrance always of the fact that the Universe is an expression of the identity of the Divine. Through the Guru we come into that place in continual remembrance or continual repetition of seeing that Divine identity. And then when that Universe that we are seeing, that Universal Creator that we are perceiving and repeating, when that energy then responds with kindness toward us, it is because the Guru has taken us to that place. Then all of a sudden that energy comes into our lives and protects us completely and covers us. So it is a very subtle relationship that the Guru gives us between inability to remember the Creator and for the Creator to kindly come into our lives, and have a tremendously positive effect on our lives.

har kae charan sadhaa sukhadhaaee ||
the Lord’s feet are forever peace-giving

Charan is feet. Har is the Divine Essence within the Creation, that surrounds the Creation. And in other explanations I have talked about how Charan, the feet, is also the  connection to the subtle body. So when we are in the experience of the feet of God or we are relating to the subtlety of the Divine Essence, that is an energy that gives us peace always. The guru is directing our mind about how to live life and how to  complete our affairs keeping our minds focused on the feet of God. Keeping our mind focused on the subtlety of divinity– that is what brings peace into our lives.

jo eishhehi soee fal paavehi birathhee aas n jaaee ||1|| rehaao ||
Whatever fruit one desires, he receives; his hopes shall not go in vain. ||1||Pause||
He takes it further and he says: Everything that you have a longing for when you are in the space of relating to the subtelty of the Divine, then all of the fruits that you need and that will satisfy the longing that you have, will come to you, and there there is no pain and no hope that will go unanswered by the Creator. So all of your anxiety is answered and all of your hopes will b answered by the Creator. There is nothing that isn’t taken care of. We have a habit in our daily lives, to hustle and to hassle, that we need to be the doer that we have to take care of things. But what Guru is describing is this beautiful relationship; that the Guru can guide us to where all we have to do is repeat meditatively the Naam and then that creative energy of the universe comes in and takes care of everything for us.


kirapaa karae jis praanapath dhaathaa soee sa(n)th gun gaavai ||
That Saint, unto whom the Lord of Life, the Great Giver, extends His Mercy – he alone sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
He goes on talking about this state of consciousness. It always comes back to this experience of kindness when we start to feel the presence of the Divine in our lives. It is tremendously compassionate and kind and loving. It is never a vengeful energy. It is never a judging energy. It is simply a pure kindness.

praem bhagath thaa kaa man leenaa paarabreham man bhaavai ||2||
His soul is absorbed in loving devotional worship; his mind is pleasing to the Supreme Lord God. ||2||
And in the next line, Guru Arjan says that when kindness of the Divine, the one who gives to us and the One who gives us the breath of life, when that kindness that comes into our lives, then those are the people, through the kindness, who are the sants, the role models; and they sing about the virtues of God. It is a powerful statement, because a lot of people will imitate religious feelings or spiritual awareness and understanding in order to get attention or fulfill some ego needs that they have. But the real state of the sant is the state of the person who is receiving the kindness from the Divine. So it is never what you and your ego can project and create for yourself. It is only the awareness that the kindness of the Creator brings into your life. From that kindness there is a true soul singing that can talk about the virtues and the beauty of what that Divine power is and how it can take care of us. He is talking more about this and how that kindness leads to the state of this very beautiful and subtle love.

The mind becomes really merged into the experience of the love, that as we begin to develop this conscious relationship with the Creator. You know love can never be this thing you can command yourself to do. Love has to come from a place that is the deepest part in side of you has nothing to do with what your mind thinks or your mind wants or tells you should or you shouldn’t. So Gurun Arjan is saying we have to have this subtle   relationshp with the Creator. That Love can grow, and that is what brings us to that place of being bhagat, we become a devotee. So the mind becomes compeltely absorbed in this love and devotion. The mind that becomes compeltely absorbed, that mind becomes very pleasing to the Creator. All the human incarnations– there is a purpose. The purpose is to bring us to that experience of Divine Love or Transcendent Love. And that is something that the Guru is a sacrifice for, that the Creator really enjoys. So the mind that is in that state of devotion becomes very pleasing to God. Then our own mind, it is not just a moment in time when we feel the love and we fee the connetion.  It then becomes  something we experience throughout the day,

aat(h) pehar har kaa jas ravanaa bikhai t(h)agouree laathhee ||
Twenty-four hours a day, he chants the Praises of the Lord, and the bitter poison does not affect him.
So throughout all the hours of the day we are talking about the Divine, and appreciating the Divine, and praising the Divine. The mind doesn’t get caught in being negative about what is happening in its day to day life. It sees everything as the work of the One, as the reality of the One. as the Will of the One. So the only thing to speak about whenthe mind is immersed in that love about it the gratitude of hwo wonderful this Divine play is and this Divine energy is.

sa(n)g milaae leeaa maerai karathai sa(n)th saadhh bheae saathhee ||3||
My Creator Lord has united me with Himself, and the Holy Saints have become my companions. ||3||
Then thagouree laathee, thagouree is an herb that makes you an idiot essentialy. Your senses no longer work properly. The five poisons in Gurbani are related to the notion of the herb that makes us senseless. Inside of us we have these poisons that make us incapable of perceiving reality. But in every moment we are speaking of  then the effect of those poisons starts to dissipate and go away. And then through the power of the Divine, through the power of the Divine, the Doer, Kartar the Doer, we come to meet other people who are also having this experience. So it isn’t just that we alone, if we are blessed, can come  into this consciousness; but through the hand of God, we get to be in the company of other people who also have this consciousness. These people become our social reality as well. Even our social reality starts to change.


kar gehi leenae sarabas dheenae aapehi aap milaaeiaa ||
Taking me by the hand, He has given me everything, and blended me with Himself.
kahu naanak sarab thhok pooran pooraa sathigur paaeiaa ||4||15||79||
Says Nanak, everything has been perfectly resolved; I have found the Perfect True Guru. ||4||15||79||
And in the last line it is really beautiful and so hopeful–what Guru Arjan talks about is:  The Creator takes me by the hand and everything is given to me and I intermix my being with that Divinity. Rather than have a sense of fear or lack, all of a sudden we exchange our energy with Divine energy. Everything is a gift. We experience life as a total gift. And in that experience, Guru is going to say: Then all of my affairs, all of my karmas and  all the work I have to do in this lifetime come into this perfect completion, become perfectly completed, and this is domething that the Sat Guru,, the Perfect Guru helps us to experience and realize. So we can live our lives hustling and hastling or we can work with the energy of the Guru and allow the Guru to open us up tpexperience of the Divine in a very subtle way. Allow the love inside of us to grow because of that experience. And then see that by the Hand of God, all of our affairs are arranged for us, and get completed.  Living in the of  God and Guru, and this is also a possibility. This reality counts as the most beaurtiful experience of awakening consciousness that we can have as a human. And when this experience, comes it is not because we demanded it or our intellect has  But because we have earned it. It is a kindness that is bestowed on us by the Creator.

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh!

soriT mhlw 5 ]
sorat(h) mehalaa 5 ||
Sorat’h, Fifth Mehla:

siqgur pUry Bwxw ]
sathigur poorae bhaanaa ||
When it was pleasing to the Perfect True Guru,

qw jipAw nwmu rmwxw ]
thaa japiaa naam ramaanaa ||
then I chanted the Naam, the Name of the Pervading Lord.

goibMd ikrpw DwrI ]
gobi(n)dh kirapaa dhhaaree ||
The Lord of the Universe extended His Mercy to me,

pRiB rwKI pYj hmwrI ]1]
prabh raakhee paij hamaaree ||1||
and God saved my honor. ||1||

hir ky crn sdw suKdweI ]
har kae charan sadhaa sukhadhaaee ||
the Lord’s feet are forever peace-giving

jo ieCih soeI Plu pwvih ibrQI Aws n jweI ]1] rhwau ]
jo eishhehi soee fal paavehi birathhee aas n jaaee ||1|| rehaao ||
Whatever fruit one desires, he receives; his hopes shall not go in vain. ||1||Pause||

ik®pw kry ijsu pRwnpiq dwqw soeI sMqu gux gwvY ]
kirapaa karae jis praanapath dhaathaa soee sa(n)th gun gaavai ||
That Saint, unto whom the Lord of Life, the Great Giver, extends His Mercy – he alone sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

pRym Bgiq qw kw mnu lIxw pwrbRhm min BwvY ]2]
praem bhagath thaa kaa man leenaa paarabreham man bhaavai ||2||
His soul is absorbed in loving devotional worship; his mind is pleasing to the Supreme Lord God. ||2||

AwT phr hir kw jsu rvxw ibKY TgaurI lwQI ]
aat(h) pehar har kaa jas ravanaa bikhai t(h)agouree laathhee ||
Twenty-four hours a day, he chants the Praises of the Lord, and the bitter poison does not affect him.

sMig imlwie lIAw myrY krqY sMq swD Bey swQI ]3]
sa(n)g milaae leeaa maerai karathai sa(n)th saadhh bheae saathhee ||3||
My Creator Lord has united me with Himself, and the Holy Saints have become my companions. ||3||

kru gih lIny srbsu dIny Awpih Awpu imlwieAw ]
kar gehi leenae sarabas dheenae aapehi aap milaaeiaa ||
Taking me by the hand, He has given me everything, and blended me with Himself.

khu nwnk srb Qok pUrn pUrw siqguru pwieAw ]4]15]79]
kahu naanak sarab thhok pooran pooraa sathigur paaeiaa ||4||15||79||
Says Nanak, everything has been perfectly resolved; I have found the Perfect True Guru. ||4||15||79||