Today in one glance
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Key Takeaway
When the soul feels scorched and buried, the Guru's merciful company cools it, lifts it out, and plants Naam in the heart.
First lines
੫॥
bilaaval mehlaa 5 ||
Literal meaning: Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl.Insight: The Guru sets this shabad in a musical space where healing is meant to be felt, not just studied.॥
mehaa tapat te bhaee saant parsat paap naathe ||
Literal meaning: Great burning turned into peace; through contact, sins fled away.Insight: What has been scorched by guilt, restlessness, and inner heat can truly cool when grace is allowed to touch it.॥੧॥
andh koop meh galat the kaadhe de haathe ||1||
Literal meaning: I was sunk in a blind well; He pulled me out by giving His hand. ||1||Insight: The soul is not saved by pretending strength; the rescuing hand reaches into the place where we were already going under.
॥
oi hamaare saajanaa ham un kee ren ||
Literal meaning: They are my companions; I am the dust of their feet.Insight: Humility before the truly God-centered is not self-erasure; it is the beginning of honest belonging.॥੧॥॥
jin bhetat hovat sukhee jeea daan den ||1|| rahaau ||
Literal meaning: Meeting them, one becomes at peace; they give the gift of spiritual life. ||1|| Pause. ||Insight: Real spiritual company does more than calm the mood; it revives the life of the soul and becomes the shabad's central resting point.॥
paraa poorabalaa leekhiaa miliaa ab aai ||
Literal meaning: What had been written from long before has now come to meet me.Insight: Some blessings arrive late enough to feel impossible, then suddenly reveal themselves as part of a deeper timing already written into grace.॥੨॥
basat sang har saadh kai pooran aasaae ||2||
Literal meaning: Dwelling in the company of the Lord's saints, hopes are fulfilled. ||2||Insight: Hope stops fraying when life is actually lived in holy company instead of admired from a distance.॥
bhai binase tihu lok ke paae sukh thaan ||
Literal meaning: The fears of the three worlds vanished, and I found a place of peace.Insight: When the heart is grounded in the Divine, fear no longer gets the final say over daily living, status, or outcome.॥੩॥
daiaa karee samrath gur basiaa man naam ||3||
Literal meaning: The all-capable Guru showed mercy, and the Naam came to dwell in the mind. ||3||Insight: Naam settles where mercy has softened the inner ground; it is received, not mechanically forced.॥
naanak kee too tek prabh teraa aadhaar ||
Literal meaning: You are Nanak's support, O God; You are his foundation.Insight: Where self-reliance starts to crack, the soul learns the relief of leaning fully on God without performance.॥੪॥੧੯॥੪੯॥
karan kaaran samrath prabh har agam apaar ||4||19||49||
Literal meaning: O all-capable God, cause of causes, Hari, You are unfathomable and infinite. ||4||19||49||Insight: Peace deepens when we remember that the One holding every cause and consequence is far greater than what the moment can explain.