Today in one glance
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Key Takeaway
When you accept Hukam, keep praise on your tongue, and write truth into your heart, life gains dignity and direction.
First lines
॥
jinhee sathigur saeviaa piaarae tinh kae saath tharae ||
Literal meaning: Those who serve the True Guru, beloved, their companions cross over as well.Insight: Sincere devotion never blesses only you; it stabilizes the people walking beside you.॥
tinhaa thaak n paaeeai piaarae amrit rasan harae ||
Literal meaning: No obstacle stops them, beloved, and their tongues are refreshed with ambrosial nectar.Insight: When Naam sweetens your speech, obstacles lose some of their power over you.
॥੧॥
booddae bhaarae bhai binaa piaarae thaarae nadar karae || 1 ||
Literal meaning: Without reverent fear, beloved, the heavy ones drown, but grace carries them across.Insight: Ego makes life unbearably heavy; grace lifts what self-reliance alone cannot.॥
bhee thoohai saalaahnaa piaarae bhee thaeree saalaah ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, You alone are to be praised; Your praise alone is worthy.Insight: Spiritual clarity begins when praise stops scattering toward substitutes and returns to the One.॥੧॥॥
vinu bohith bhai ddubeeai piaarae kandhee paae kehaah || 1 || rahaau ||
Literal meaning: Without the boat, beloved, one drowns in fear; how can the shore be reached? Pause.Insight: Without a lived vessel of practice, fear floods the mind and no safe bank appears.॥
saalaahee saalaahnaa piaarae doojaa avaru n koe ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, I praise the One worthy of praise; there is no other.Insight: This line asks for spiritual exclusivity: stop dividing your trust between truth and distraction.॥
maerae prabh saalaahan sae bhalae piaarae shabadi ratae rangu hoe ||
Literal meaning: Those who praise my God are blessed, beloved; dyed in Shabad, they take on love’s color.Insight: The people who dwell in Shabad gradually color your heart toward love instead of impulse.॥੨॥
tisu kee sangati jae milai piaarae rasu lai tatu viloe || 2 ||
Literal meaning: If one meets their company, beloved, one can take the essence and churn out truth.Insight: Keep company with the spiritually ripened, and hidden nourishment begins opening inside you.॥
pati paravaanaa saach kaa piaarae naamu sachaa neesaanu ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, honor’s warrant belongs to truth, and Naam is the true insignia.Insight: Real dignity is not social approval; it is being marked inwardly by truth and Naam.॥
aaeiaa likhi lai jaavanaa piaarae hukamee hukamu pachhaanu ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, one comes and goes with what is written; recognize the command of the Commander.Insight: Life is brief and accountable, so learn the order you are living under before time runs out.॥੩॥
guru binu hukamu n boojheeai piaarae saachae saachaa taanu || 3 ||
Literal meaning: Without the Guru, beloved, Hukam is not understood; the True One has true strength.Insight: The Guru changes Hukam from something you resent into something you understand and trust.॥
hukamai andari nimmiaa piaarae hukamai udar majhaari ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, by Hukam one is conceived, and by Hukam one stays within the womb.Insight: Your story began in Divine order long before your ego ever claimed control.॥
hukamai andari jammiaa piaarae oodhau siri kai bhaari ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, by Hukam one is born, head-down and burdened by the head.Insight: Even birth itself exposes how little control the self truly has.॥੪॥
gurmukhi daragaha jaaneeai piaarae chalai kaaraja saari || 4 ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, the Gurmukh is recognized in the Divine Court and departs with the work completed.Insight: A Guru-facing life leaves with dignity because it finishes what actually mattered.॥
hukamai andari aaeiaa piaarae hukamae jaadho jai ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, one comes within Hukam, and by Hukam one goes when sent.Insight: Arrival and departure are not possessions, so loosen your grip on control.॥
hukamae bannhi chalaaeeai piaarae manmukhi lahai sajai ||
Literal meaning: By Hukam some are bound and driven, beloved; the self-willed receive punishment.Insight: A self-directed life keeps resisting reality until reality drags it anyway.॥੫॥
hukamae shabadi pachhaaneeai piaarae daragaha paidhaa jai || 5 ||
Literal meaning: By Hukam the Shabad is realized, beloved, and one goes robed into the Divine Court.Insight: When the Shabad becomes recognizable within you, you stop arriving spiritually naked.॥
hukamae ganati ganaaeeai piaarae hukamae haumai doe ||
Literal meaning: By Hukam accounts are counted, beloved; by Hukam arise ego and duality.Insight: Even your inner accounting happens under a law deeper than preference, including the pull of ego.॥
hukamae bhavai bhavaaeeai piaarae avagani muthee roe ||
Literal meaning: By Hukam one wanders and is made to wander, beloved; cheated by faults, one weeps.Insight: Unexamined faults keep the soul circling until pain finally becomes instruction.॥੬॥
hukamu sinjaapai saaha kaa piaarae sachu milai vaddiaaee hoe || 6 ||
Literal meaning: If one realizes the sovereign’s Hukam, beloved, truth is found and honor arises.Insight: Understanding Divine order turns suffering into stature and confusion into steadiness.॥
aakhani aoukhaa aakheeai piaarae kio suneeai sachu naau ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, it is difficult to speak it; how can the true Naam be heard?Insight: Naam cannot be handled casually; it asks for listening deep enough to be changed.॥
jinhee so saalaahiaa piaarae hau tinh balihaarai jaau ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, I am a sacrifice to those who have praised that One.Insight: Revere people whose praise is real, because their lives show what alignment looks like.॥੭॥
naau milai santokheeaan piaarae nadaree maeli milaau || 7 ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, Naam is obtained by the contented ones; by grace, union is given.Insight: Contentment prepares the heart for union, but grace is what finally joins it.॥
kaiaa kaagadu jae theeai piaarae manu masavaanee dhaari ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, if the body became paper and the mind an inkpot.Insight: Offer your whole embodied life to remembrance; let even body and mind become instruments.॥
lalataa lekhani sach kee piaarae hari gun likhahu veechari ||
Literal meaning: Beloved, if the tongue became the pen of truth, write the Divine virtues with reflection.Insight: Let your speech inscribe Divine virtues instead of rehearsing anxiety and ego.॥੮॥੩॥
dhanu lekhaaree naanakaa piaarae saachu likhai uri dhaari || 8 || 3 ||
Literal meaning: O Nanak, blessed is the scribe, beloved, who writes truth and holds it in the heart.Insight: The blessed life is not merely informed about truth; it engraves truth into the heart.