The Hukamnama today is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Dhanasaree Raag on Ang671 of Siri Guru Granth Sahib ji Maharaj.
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Dhanaasree mehlaa 5. (671-4)
DnwsrI m: 5 ]
Dhanaasaree, Fifth Mehla: (671-4)
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kar kirpaa dee-o mohi naamaa banDhan tay chhutkaa-ay.
kir ikrpw dIE moih nwmw bMDn qy Cutkwey ]
Granting His Grace, God has blessed me with His Name, and released me of my bonds.
mnqyibsirEsgloDMDwgurkIcrxIlwey]1]
man tay bisri-o saglo DhanDhaa gur kee charnee laa-ay. ||1||
mn qy ibsirE sglo DMDw gur kI crxI lwey ]1]
I have forgotten all worldly entanglements, and I am attached to the Guru’s feet. ||1||
swDsMigicMqibrwnICwfI]
saaDhsang chint biraanee chhaadee.
swDsMig icMq ibrwnI CwfI ]
In the holy Saadh Sanggat, I have renounced my other cares and anxieties.
AhMbuiDmohmnbwsndykirgfhwgwfI]1] rhwau]
ahaN-buDh moh man baasan day kar gadhaa gaadee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
AhMbuiD moh mn bwsn dy kir gfhw gwfI ]1] rhwau ]
I dug a deep pit, and buried my egotistical pride, emotional attachment and the desires of my mind. ||1||Pause||
nwkomyrwdusmnurihAwnhmikskybYrweI]
naa ko mayraa dusman rahi-aa naa ham kis kay bairaa-ee.
nw ko myrw dusmnu rihAw nw hm iks ky bYrweI ]
No one is my enemy, and I am no one’s enemy.
bRhmupswrupswirEBIqirsiqgurqysoJIpweI]2]
barahm pasaar pasaari-o bheetar satgur tay sojhee paa-ee. ||2||
bRhmu pswru pswirE BIqir siqgur qy soJI pweI ]2]
God, who expanded His expanse, is within all; I learned this from the True Guru. ||2||
sBukomIquhmAwpnkInwhmsBnwkyswjn]
sabh ko meet ham aapan keenaa ham sabhnaa kay saajan.
sBu ko mIqu hm Awpn kInw hm sBnw ky swjn ]
I am a friend to all; I am everyone’s friend.
dUirprwieEmnkwibrhwqwmylukIEmyrYrwjn]3]
door paraa-i-o man kaa birhaa taa mayl kee-o mayrai raajan. ||3||
dUir prwieE mn kw ibrhw qw mylu kIE myrY rwjn ]3]
When the sense of separation was removed from my mind, then I was united with the Lord, my King. ||3||
ibnisEFITwAMimRquvUTwsbdulgogurmITw]
binsi-o dheethaa amrit voothaa sabad lago gur meethaa.
ibnisE FITw AMimRqu vUTw sbdu lgo gur mITw ]
My stubbornness is gone, Ambrosial Nectar rains down, and the Word of the Guru’s Shabad is sweet and pleasing to me.
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jal thal mahee-al sarab nivaasee naanak rama-ee-aa deethaa. ||4||3||
jil Qil mhIAil srb invwsI nwnk rmeIAw fITw ]4]3]
He is pervading everywhere, in the water, on the land and in the sky; Nanak beholds the all-pervading Lord. ||4||3||
Guru Arjan Dev Maharaj ji is talking to us today in the Dhanaasaree Raag, theraag of complete carefreeness.
Kar kirapaa dheeo mohi naamaa ba(n)dhhan thae shhuttakaaeae.
Guru Sahib ji is saying kar kirapaa dheeou. Waheguru ji blessed me, did kirpaon me, How? Why? In what way? How did Waheguru bless the mortal? Mohi naamaa. He gave me Nama, the Naam, the Naam ras, the experience ofNaam. And what does this experience do? What does this Naam do? What does this eternal vibration do? ba(n)dhhan thae shhuttakaaeae. It released me from my ba(n)dhhan. From all the prisons that I imprison myself in whether they are physical, mental, spiritual. It liberated me from all ba(n)dhhan, from all the cages that surround me.
Man thae bisariou sagalo dhha(n)dhhaa gur kee charanee laaeae.
From my man, from my mind, I have bisariou forgotten sagalo all worldly things, all my worldly entanglements and attachments. And where do I attach myself? Where do I put myself? I attach myself to gur kee charanee, to the feet of the Guru. What does this mean to us? This means, Guru Sahib ji is saying: The only way to find peace of mind and to find God is by attaching yourself to the feet of the Guru, attaching yourself to the Guru, to what the Guru says, to what the Guru does. To attach yourself to what the Guru has taught us. There is no other way.
Saadhhasa(n)g chi(n)th biraanee shhaaddee.
In the saadhhsa(n)g, in the company of the holy sadhus, chi(n)th biraanee shhaaddee. Biraanee means all other; Chi(n)th: means anxiety; shhaaddeemeans to give up. In this Dhanaasaree Raag of carefreeness chi(n)th, all my other anxieties, all my other worries, are taken away.
Aha(n)budhh moh man baasan dhae kar gaddehaa gaaddee.
Why? Because in the saadhsangat, I gaddehaa gaaddee, I managed to bury my aha(n)budhh moh my ego, my attachment, and man baasan, my desires and the thirst of my mind. I managed to conquer all of these. How Guru jisays? In the saadhsangat. That is the only way.
Rehaao.
Pause and think about this point.
Naa ko maeraa dhusaman rehiaa naa ham kis kae bairaaee.
No one naa ko maerae is dhusaman, no one is my enemy. Why? Because I see God in all. No one has remained my enemy, and I am no one’s enemy either. Why? Because in the saadhsangat I saw:
Breham pasaar pasaariou bheethar sathigur thae sojhee paaee.
I realized I found this sojhee, this understanding, in the saadhsangat, from the sathigur, the Satguru, from the True Guru. What understanding did I find? The creator of all has expanded throughout this whole universe
Sabh ko meeth ham aapan keenaa ham sabhanaa kae saajan.
I found that Waheguru, the Creator of all, sabh, has expanded throughout this whole universe, everything that exists. Waheguru is shining through all, sabh ko meeth ham aapan I am the friend to all. Just like keenaa ham sabhanaa kae saajan. I have made myself the friend of all. I am everyone ’s friend, I am the friend to all. Just like Bhai Kanaiya ji on the battlefield. He sees no Turk, he sees no Hindu, he sees no Muslim, he sees no Sikh. All he sees isWaheguru through everyone. And he serves everyone. He gave the water just as much to the Mughal army as to the Sikh army. Anyone who cried out ‘Water’ he gave water to them. He understood these lines.
Dhoor paraaeiou man kaa birehaa thaa mael keeou maerai raajan.
dhoor paraaeiou man kaa birehaa. When the birehaa, the sense of separation in my mind was dhoor paraaeiou. Dhoor paraaeiou means taken far away. When this sense of separation was taken far away, and was taken out of my mind, then what happens? mael keeou maerai raajan. Then I mael unite withmaerai raajan my King, with my Waheguru. kiv sachiaaraa hoeeai kiv koorrai thuttai paal, said Guru Nanak in Japji Sahib(1-6, Jap, M 1). All we have to do is break down the paal, the veil of falsehood and of evil. And when we remove that veil then we are united with our King.
Binasiou dteet(h)aa a(n)mrith voot(h)aa sabadh lago gur meet(h)aa.
My dteet(h)aa, my stubbornness has been binasiou destroyed. Why? a(n)mrith voot(h)aa. Because the amrit, the immortal essence is voot(h)aa, is raining down now. Why? sabadh lago gur meet(h)aa because I found that the Guru’sshabad, the Guru’s word, the Guru’s mantar, the Guru’s mool mantar ismeet(h)aa, is sweet to me.
Jal thhal meheeal sarab nivaasee naanak rameeaa ddeet(h)aa.
Nanak has seen ddeet(h)aa the all pervading Lord. Why? Because jal thhal meheeal sarab. Nanak has seen Him in the jal, in the water, throughout the land, throughout the skies, sarab nivaasee, pervading through all. Sarabmeans all. Nanak has seen his Waheguru Who pervades through all, pervades through everything.
What Guru Sahib ji is saying through this Shabad is that we must be willing to break through the shackles that hold us down. To quote something outside of the context of Gurbani: there is a poet called Williman Blake who said we all have minds full of manacles. What Guru Sahib ji is saying is that the manacles that we wear, the shackles that we wear, the cave that we are in, is of our mind essentially. All is of our ego, our attachment, of our greed, of our desires, of our anger. For Waheguru to break through this cave we must enter the saadh sangat. We must be ready to attach ourselves completely to what the Guru says. Only then will we be able to break these minds full of manacles that we wear.
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa ! Waheguru ji ki Fateh !!
