Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh!

(Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Ang:712)

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tofI mhlw 5 ]
todee mehlaa 5
Todee, Fifth Mehl:

mwnuKu ibnu bUJy ibrQw AwieAw ]
maanukh bin boojhay birthaa aa-i-aa.
Without understanding, his coming into the world is useless.

Aink swj sIgwr bhu krqw ijau imrqku EFwieAw ] rhwau ]
anik saaj seegaar baho kartaa ji-o mirtak odhaa-i-o. rahaa-o.
He puts on various ornaments and many decorations, but it is like dressing a corpse. ||Pause||

Dwie Dwie ikrpn sRmu kIno iekqR krI hY mwieAw ]
Dhaa-ay Dhaa-ay kirpan saram keeno ikatar karee hai maa-i-aa.
With great effort and exertion, the miser works to gather in the riches of Maya. ||Pause||

dwnu puMnu nhI sMqn syvw ikq hI kwij n AwieAw ]1]
daan punn nahee santan sayvaa kit hee kaaj na aa-i-aa. ||1||
He does not give anything in charity or generosity, and he does not serve the Saints; his wealth does not do him any good at all. ||1||

kir AwBrx svwrI syjw kwmin Qwtu bnwieAw ]
saaro dinas majooree kartaa tuhu mooslahi chharaa-i-aa.
The soul-bride puts on her ornaments, embellishes her bed, and fashions decorations.

sMgu n pwieE Apuny Brqy pyiK pyiK duKu pwieAw ]2]
sang na paa-i-o apunay bhartay paykh paykh dukh paa-i-aa. ||2||
But if she does not obtain the company of her Husband Lord, the sight of these decorations only brings her pain. ||2||

swro idnsu mjUrI krqw quhu mUslih CrwieAw ]
saaro dinas majooree kartaa tuhu mooslahi chharaa-i-aa.
The man works all day long, threshing the husks with the pestle

Kydu BieE bygwrI inAweI Gr kY kwim n AwieAw ]3]
khayd bha-i-o baygaaree ni-aa-ee ghar kai kaam na aa-i-aa. ||3||
He is depressed, like a forced laborer, and so he is of no use to his own home. ||3||

BieE AnugRhu jw kau pRB ko iqsu ihrdY nwmu vswieAw ]
saaDhsangat kai paachhai pari-a-o jan naanak har ras paa-i-aa. ||4||2||4||
Search the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, and find the sublime essence of the Lord. ||4||2||4||

saaDhsangat kai paachhai pari-a-o jan naanak har ras paa-i-aa. ||4||2||4||

Today’s Hukamnama is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji, in the raag todee on Ang 712 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj. 

Guru Arjan Dev Ji with this Hukamnama has blessed us.  The todee raag is a very famous raag.  The feeling that todee conveys is one which gives birth to wisdom within the soul of the human being.  The todee raag, humbly, points out to the human being what the human being is unaware of.  It will bring things, which we rarely think about but are important into our focus.   

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