vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw, vwihgurU jI kI &qh!
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa ! Waheguru ji ki Fateh !!

 Guru Arjan Dev Ji – Raag Bilaaval – Ang  822

The Hukamnama today is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Bilaaval on Ang 822 of Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji Maharaj.

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bilaaval mehlaa 5.
iblwvlu mhlw 5 ]
Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:

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ki-aa ham jee-a jant baychaaray baran na saakah ayk romaa-ee.
ikAw hm jIA jMq bycwry brin n swkh eyk romweI ]
What am I? Just a poor living being. I cannot even describe one of Your hairs, O Lord.

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barahm mahays siDh mun indraa bay-ant thaakur
                          tayree gat nahee paa-ee. ||1||
bRhm mhys isD muin ieMdRw byAMq Twkur qyrI giq nhI pweI ]1]
Even Brahma, Shiva, the Siddhas and the silent sages do not know Your State, O Infinite Lord and Master. ||1||

ikAwkQIAYikCukQnunjweI]
ki-aa kathee-ai kichh kathan na jaa-ee.
ikAw kQIAY ikCu kQnu n jweI ]
What can I say? I cannot say anything.

jhjhdyKwqhrihAwsmweI]1]rhwau]
jah jah daykhaa tah rahi-aa samaa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
jh jh dyKw qh rihAw smweI ]1] rhwau ]
Wherever I look, I see the Lord pervading. ||1||Pause||

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jah mahaa bha-i-aan dookh jam sunee-ai tah mayray parabh toohai sahaa-ee.
jh mhw BieAwn dUK jm sunIAY qh myry pRB qUhY shweI ]
And there, where the most terrible tortures are heard to be inflicted by the Messenger of Death, You are my only help and support, O my God.

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saran pari-o har charan gahay parabh gur naanak ka-o boojh bujhaa-ee. ||2||5||91||
srin pirE hir crn ghy pRB guir nwnk kau bUJ buJweI ]2]5]91]
I have sought His Sanctuary, and grasped hold of the Lord’s Lotus Feet; God has helped Guru Nanak to understand this understanding. ||2||5||91||

Guru Arjan Dev ji speaks in a Raag of bliss and he says

ki-aa ham jee-a jant baychaaray baran na saakah ayk romaa-ee
I am just poor – baychaaray, jee-a jant – creature; baran na saakah ayk romaa-ee – how can I baran, how can I describe even eyk romaa-ee one miniscule hair of your virtue Waheguru. romaa-ee literally means hair. How can I even describe one tiny hair of your virtue? I do not have that capacity.

barahm mahays sidh mun indraa bay-ant thaakur tayree gat nahee paa-ee.
Brahma, Mahesh, Shiva ji – Brahma, who is fabled to be the creative, Mahesh – who is fabled to be the destroyer; Sidhas – who sit in Yogic postures; Mun – silent saints; Indra – who is said to be the King of the Heavens; even they, Guru Ji says Waheguru, You are bay-ant -Infinite. even those could not find-paa-ee your gut – find how great You are.

ki-aa kathee-ai kichh kathan na jaa-ee
ki-aa means what can I say; kathea-ai means describe. How can I describe you? kich kathan. means say something; what can I say to describe you? I cannot say anything. All I can say is this:

jah jah daykhaa tah rahi-aa samaa-ee
jah jah daykhaa, wherever I look, tah rahi-aa samaa-ee, in that place -tah; rahi-aa samaa-ee, I see You permeating through all.

rahaa-o
Pause and think about it.

jah mahaa bha-i-aan dookh jam sunee-ai tah mayray parabh toohai sahaa-ee
In that place where there is mahaa bha-i-aan, where there is most horrible, much lonelier places; dookh jam suneeai where I hear of the pain of having to encounter the jam, the messengers of death. tah – at that place, mayray prabh – O my Waheguru, toohai sahaaee – only You can help me, only You are my support.

saran pari-o har charan gahay parabh gur naanak ka-o boojh bujhaa-ee
I have taken Your sanctuary, Your protection. charan gahay – I am holding on to the charan the Lotus Feet of You Waheguru. parabh gur naanak ka-o boojh bujhaa-ee – The Lord has revealed this Truth to Guru Nanak, has blessed Guru Nanak with this Truth.

Guru ji is telling us, let us not speak about God, let us experience His existence, His Blessings.

ki-aa kathee-ai kichh kathan na jaa-ee
jah jah daykhaa tah rahi-aa samaa-ee ||1|| rahaa-o

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw, vwihgurU jI kI &qh!
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa ! Waheguru ji ki Fateh !!