English translation of the daily Hukamnama.

(Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Ang: 668)

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

Today’s Hukamnama is by Guru Ram Das Ji in Dhanasri Raag on Ang 668 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

DnwsrI mhlw 4 ]
Dhanaasree mehlaa 4.
Dhanaasaree, Fourth Mehl:

hir hir bUMd Bey hir suAwmI hm cwiqRk ibll ibllwqI ]
har har boond bha-ay har su-aamee ham chaatrik bilal billaatee.
The Lord, Har, Har, is the rain-drop; I am the song-bird, crying, crying out for it.

hir hir ikrpw krhu pRB ApnI muiK dyvhu hir inmKwqI ]1]
har har kirpaa karahu parabh apnee mukh dayvhu har nimkhaatee. ||1||
O Lord God, please bless me with Your Mercy, and pour Your Name into my mouth, even if for only an instant. ||1||

hir ibnu rih n skau iek rwqI ]
har bin reh na saka-o ik raatee.
Without the Lord, I cannot live for even a second.

ijau ibnu AmlY AmlI mir jweI hY iqau hir ibnu hm mir jwqI ] rhwau ]
ji-o bin amlai amlee mar jaa-ee hai ti-o har bin ham mar jaatee. rahaa-o.
Like the addict who dies without his drug, I die without the Lord. ||Pause||

qum hir srvr Aiq Agwh hm lih n skih AMqu mwqI ]
tum har sarvar at agaah ham leh na sakahi ant maatee.
You, Lord, are the deepest, most unfathomable ocean; I cannot find even a trace of Your limits.

qU prY prY AprMpru suAwmI imiq jwnhu Awpn gwqI ]2]
too parai parai aprampar su-aamee mit jaanhu aapan gaatee. ||2||
You are the most remote of the remote, limitless and transcendent; O Lord Master, You alone know Your state and extent. ||2||

hir ky sMq jnw hir jipE gur rMig clUlY rwqI ]
har kay sant janaa har japi-o gur rang chaloolai raatee.
The Lord’s humble Saints meditate on the Lord; they are imbued with the deep crimson color of the Guru’s Love.

hir hir Bgiq bnI Aiq soBw hir jipE aUqm pwqI ]3
har har bhagat banee at sobhaa har japi-o ootam paatee. ||3||
Meditating on the Lord, they attain great glory, and the most sublime honor. ||3||

Awpy Twkuru Awpy syvku Awip bnwvY BwqI ]
aapay thaakur aapay sayvak aap banaavai bhaatee.
He Himself is the Lord and Master, and He Himself is the servant; He Himself creates His environments.

nwnku jnu qumrI srxweI hir rwKhu lwj BgwqI ]4]5]
naanak jan tumree sarnaa-ee har raakho laaj bhagaatee. ||4||5||
Servant Nanak has come to Your Sanctuary, O Lord; protect and preserve the honor of Your devotee. ||4||5||

Sri Guru Ram Das ji is blessing us in Raag Dhanasri taking away our anxieties. Guru Ram Das Ji is saying
har har boond bha-ay har su-aamee ham chaatrik bilal billaatee
Su-aamee means Lord and Har means one who nourishes everything. My Lord God bha-ay has become or is boond means the raindrop, Waheguru is being personified as a raindrop. Guru Ram Das Ji says Waheguru is a rain drop. humI am the chatrik, the song bird. What am I doing, Guru Ram Das Ji says; bilal Billaatee - crying again and again for that raindrop. Think about this particular songbird in India, is that it can only drink via raindrop, it can’t drink from any other water. So that’s why its crying out. Gur Ram Das ji says I am that songbird crying out for the raindrop.

har har kirpaa karahu parabh apnee mukh dayvhu har nimkhaatee
har har, O God, kirpa Karahu - shower your grace upon me, bless me with your mercy, bless me with your grace, your blessings O Lord prabh apnee with your own mercy, with your own grace. mukh into my mouth; dayyhu- give me; nimkhatee - even for an minute, even for a second, an instant give me your name that will make me peaceful and give me true ecstacy.

har bin reh na saka-o ik raatee
har bin - without God, - cannot live without, ik raatee one second. Without God I cannot even live for a second, I am not alive without God. aakha Jeevan visrey mar jao Guru Nanak Dev Ji says if I am attached to God from meditating upon God I am alive, forgetting him I am dead.

ji-o bin amlai amlee mar jaa-ee hai ti-o har bin ham mar jaatee. rahaa-o.
jio bin amlai amlee mar jayee hain jio means like; bin means without, amlai means drug, amlee means drug addict, mar jayee to die. As the drug addict cannot live without his drug, without his daily dosage, tio - that way I die without God. rahao - Guru Ji says pause and think about this.

tum har sarvar at agaah ham leh na sakahi ant maatee.
tum har - You God, sarvar means an ocean, O God you are the ocean. at agaah the most deepest. An ocean that cannot be fathomed, cannot be measured; hum means I, leh na sakahi cannot be found; ant means the end, matee means even a small hint or trace. I cannot even find a small trace of your end, because you are endless. You are bay-ant beyond any limit O God.

too parai parai aprampar su-aamee mit jaanhu aapan gaatee.
too parai parai - higher than the highest, you are further than the furthest thing on this earth. aprampar - you have no limits O God; mit jaanhu - your greatness, your limit, your extent. You alone know your greatness O God. har kay sant janaa har japi-o gur rang chaloolai raatee. har kay - The Lord’s sant janaa - saints - Saints of the Lord, they meditate upon the God. What happens to them? raatee means to be imbued in, gur rang - Guru’s color, chaloolai means deepest color. Those saints of the Lord, meditating upon the God’s name are colored deeply in the Guru’s love. It cannot be taken away in any shape or form.

har har bhagat banee at sobhaa har japi-o ootam paatee.
har har bhagat By meditating upon God, by lovingly, devotionally doing Bhagti of God; banee means to be created, at sobha means great glory. Those people are glorified, are honored in the court of the Lord. By meditating upon Waheguru, what do they receive? ootam means highest and patee means honor. They are the most honorable people on this earth, they receive the greatest honor because they are the honor of God. We talked about this a few Hukamnamas ago when the sisters of India were being taken away in 18th century, the Sikhs who lived in jungles had nothing, went to their aid to protect them even they didn’t know who they were. because the man who has God’s meditation in him has God’s honor. He has God’s grace, he has God’s glory. He sees all as brothers and sisters.

aapay thaakur aapay sayvak aap banaavai bhaatee
aapay thakur He himself is the Lord, aapay sayvak he himself is the servant, aap bannavai bhaatee - He himself creates all different environments, all places. He himself is the Lord, He himself serves the Lord, he himself creates the Lord and the one who created the servant.

naanak jan tumree sarnaa-ee har raakho laaj bhagaatee
Naanak jan tumree sarnaa-ee Nanak the servant has come into your protection, your sanctuary. Guru Ram Das ji is talking to God, har rakho O nourisher of the world, protect, preserve, laaj bhagaatee honor of your beloved one, your devotee. O God, I have given up all of my anxieties , worries and everything else and I have come under your protection. Because if we stop trying to take away our own anxieties we will never find the end of them. Only God can remove all our anxieties. This is what Dhanasri Raag is saying that let God remove our anxieties. If you try to tackle them yourself, you haven’t got the capacity to deal with them. Your mind has gone through so many reincarnations, and it carries the filth of that many past lives, there is no way of erasing them without the Guru, without God and we may try again and again but through our own efforts we can’t do anything. aapay thakur he himself is the servant and he himself is the master and to find him we must follow the master.

Guru Ram Das Ji, Lord of miracles has blessed us with this beautiful Hukamnama. May we remember the raha-o lines throughout the day and may he bless us and we get addicted to the drug of God’s name.

ji-o bin amlai amlee mar jaa-ee hai ti-o har bin ham mar jaatee. rahaa-o.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki fateh