Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh!

 

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The hukamnama today is by Guru Arjan Dev ji Maharraj in Jaithasaree raag on Ang 701 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

jYqsrI mhlw 5 ]
jaithasaree mehalaa 5 ||
Jaitsree 5th Mehla

koeI jnu hir isau dyvY joir ]
koee jan har sio dhaevai jor ||
If only someone would unite me with the Lord!

crn ghau bkau suB rsnw dIjih pRwn Akoir ]1] rhwau ]
charan geho bako subh rasanaa dheejehi praan akor ||1|| rehaao ||
I hold tight to His feet, and utter sweet words with my tongue; I make my breath of life an offering to Him. ||1||Pause||

mnu qnu inrml krq ikAwro hir isMcY suDw sMjoir ]
man than niramal karath kiaaro har si(n)chai sudhhaa sa(n)jor ||
I make my mind and body into pure little gardens, and irrigate them with the sublime essence of the Lord. 

ieAw rs mih mgnu hoq ikrpw qy mhw ibiKAw qy qoir ]1]
eiaa ras mehi magan hoth kirapaa thae mehaa bikhiaa thae thor ||1||
I am drenched with this sublime essence by His Grace, and the powerful hold of Maya’s corruption has been broken. ||1||

AwieE srix dIn duK BMjn icqvau qum@rI Eir ]
aaeiou saran dheen dhukh bha(n)jan chithavo thumharee our ||
I have come to Your Sanctuary, O Destroyer of the suffering of the innocent; I keep my consciousness focused on You.

ABY pdu dwnu ismrnu suAwmI ko pRB nwnk bMDn Coir ]2]5]9]
abhai padh dhaan simaran suaamee ko prabh naanak ba(n)dhhan shhor ||2||5||9|| 
Bless me with the gifts of the state of fearlessness, and meditative remembrance, Lord and Master; O Nanak, God is the Breaker of bonds. ||2||5||9|| 

Satgur Arjan Dev ji Maharaj speaks in Jaisthree raag today. And in this raag of longing and devotion, the words that Guruji utters are:
koee jan har sio dhaevai jor

Is there any jan? Is there any servant? Is there any humble being who can sio dhaevai jor?  Who can jor?  Who can unite me with har sio dhaevai with Waheguruji, with Hari, with Prabhu? If there is a person like that, If there is a being like that,

charan geho bako subh rasanaa dheejehi praan akor charan geho, I would hold tight to that person’s charan, to that person’s lotus feet! And I would speak, bako subh rasanaa. And I would speak, subh rasanaa, sweet words, rasanaa, dheejehi praan akor. And even if they need my life, I would give my praan, my breath of life, akor, to that being. with my tongue I would say sweet words about them.

Rehaao.  Guruji says, Pause and think about this.

man than niramal karath kiaaro har si(n)chai sudhhaa sa(n)jor
Guruji is saying that if you want to walk on this path then you have to man than niramal. Make your man, your mind, and than, your body, niramal, pure. Karath kiaaro, Har si(n)chai sudhhaa sa(n)jor.  And si(n)chai, fill those gardens, work those gardens with sudhhaa, with the amrit essence of Waheguruji’s love. Sa(n)jor. like little gardens, like little fields. 

eiaa ras mehi magan hoth kirapaa thae mehaa bikhiaa thae thor
Only through great kirapaa, through great blessings, can anyone experience eiaa ras, ras, this essence, this ecstasy, from Waheguruji’s Prehm. mehaa bikhiaa thae thor. And only after the power of bikhiaa, the power of poison, of Maya, of illusion has been thor, has been broken around that person.

aaeiou saran dheen dhukh bha(n)jan. Oh Waheguruji Of bha(n)jan!  Oh One who breaks duhukh, who breaks the pain of the dheen, of the lowly servants! Aaeiou saran. I have come into your protection. chithavo thumharee our.  Chitahavo, I am focusing all my attention on You, and I take You as my support, my our.

abhai padh dhaan simaran suaamee ko.  And in this last line, Guru Arjan Dev ji says, the simaran, the meditation, the remembrance of the suaamee, of Waheguru, gives us what? Gives us the dhaan. The gift of what? Of abhair padh, the state of fearlessness. And going into a state of fearlessness, as Gurbani says,  nirabho japai sagal bho mittai (Ang 293). "That person who meditates upon the Fearless, becomes fearless himself."  Prabh naanak ba(n)dhhan shhor.  And Naanak’s Prabh, Naanak’s Waheguru, Naanak’s Creator shhor ba(n)dhhan, breaks all ba(n)dhhan, all the chains around Naanak. And Naanak is truly liberated with this state of fearlessness. 

Fear is what binds us down. And Guruji says, When we break through this fear, with the great kiraapa of Waheguru, then anything is possible. In this shabad today, in this hukam today, Guru Arjan Dev ji is telling us, Devote yourself to Waheguru, to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj. Devote yourself to those saintly beings, who encourage you on the path of Waheguru, and you will achieve the state of fearlessness.

koee jan har sio dhaevai jor ||
charan geho bako subh rasanaa dheejehi praan akor ||

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa! Waheguru ji ki Fateh!