Today in one glance
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Key Takeaway
When ego is surrendered to the Guru's Shabad, God becomes the devotee's protection, honor, and inexhaustible treasure.
First lines
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bhagat janaa kee har jeeo raakhai jug jug rakhadaa aaiaa raam ॥
Literal meaning: The Lord protects the devotees and has protected them through every age.Insight: God's care is not occasional; a life rooted in devotion is held across generations and uncertainty.॥
so bhagatu jo guramukh hovai haumai sabadi jalaaiaa raam ॥
Literal meaning: That person is a devotee who becomes Guru-facing and burns ego through the Shabad.Insight: Spiritual change begins when ego is not decorated but allowed to be burned by the Guru's wisdom.
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haumai sabadi jalaaiaa mere har bhaaiaa jis dee saachee baanee ॥
Literal meaning: Burning ego through the Shabad, one becomes pleasing to my Lord whose speech is true.Insight: What truly pleases the Divine is not performance but a heart refined by Shabad into truthful speech.॥
sachee bhagati karehi dinu raatee guramukh aakh vakhaanee ॥
Literal meaning: They practice true devotion day and night and speak as the Guru-oriented teach.Insight: Devotion becomes real when it shapes the rhythm of daily life and the words that leave your mouth.॥
bhagataa kee chaal sachee ati niramal naamu sachaa mani bhaaiaa ॥
Literal meaning: The way of devotees is true and very pure; the True Name is pleasing to the mind.Insight: A pure life is not self-made polish; it grows when Naam becomes lovable to the mind.॥੧॥
naanak bhagat sohehi dar saachai jinee sacho sachu kamaaiaa ॥1॥
Literal meaning: O Nanak, those devotees who have practiced only truth shine in the Court of the True One.Insight: Truth practiced, not merely admired, gives a person quiet beauty before the Divine.॥
har bhagataa kee jaati pati hai bhagat har kai naami samaane raam ॥
Literal meaning: The Lord is the caste and honor of devotees; the devotees merge in the Lord's Name.Insight: When identity is rooted in God instead of status, honor stops depending on the world.॥
har bhagati karehi vichahu aapu gavaavehi jin gun avagan pachhaane raam ॥
Literal meaning: They worship the Lord, erase selfhood from within, and discern virtue and fault.Insight: Humility makes discernment possible; only an emptied self can honestly face its qualities and faults.॥
gun augan pachhaanai har naamu vakhaanai bhai bhagati meethee laagee ॥
Literal meaning: Recognizing virtue and fault, one speaks the Lord's Name, and devotion in reverent awe becomes sweet.Insight: Reverent remembrance makes devotion sweet because it teaches honest self-examination rather than denial.॥
anadin bhagati karehi dinu raatee ghar hee mahi bairaagee ॥
Literal meaning: They practice devotion night and day and remain detached even while at home.Insight: Detachment does not require escape; one can live at home and still remain inwardly free.॥
bhagatee raate sadaa manu niramalu har jeeo vekhehi sadaa naale ॥
Literal meaning: Imbued with devotion, the mind stays pure, and they see the Dear Lord always with them.Insight: A mind soaked in devotion starts noticing the Divine presence as companionship, not abstraction.॥੨॥
naanak se bhagat har kai dar saache anadin naamu samhaale ॥2॥
Literal meaning: O Nanak, those devotees are true in the Lord's Court and cherish the Name at all times.Insight: Steady remembrance turns devotion from emotion into a way of standing truthfully before God.॥
manamukh bhagati karehi binu satigur vinu satigur bhagati na hoee raam ॥
Literal meaning: The self-willed may try to worship, but without the True Guru devotion does not happen.Insight: Trying to be spiritual on your own terms leaves ego in charge; the Guru is what makes devotion real.॥
haumai maaeiaa rogi viaape mari janamehi dukhu hoee raam ॥
Literal meaning: Afflicted by the disease of ego and Maya, they die and are born again in suffering.Insight: Unchecked ego and attachment do not just mislead the mind; they keep suffering cycling.॥
mari janamehi dukhu hoee doojai bhaai paraj vigoee vinu gur tatu na jaaniaa ॥
Literal meaning: In death and birth there is pain; through attachment to duality people are ruined, and without the Guru they do not know the essence.Insight: Duality fragments people and obscures what matters most until the Guru reorients the heart.॥
bhagati vihoonaa sabhu jagu bharamiaa anti gaiaa pachhutaaniaa ॥
Literal meaning: Without devotion the whole world wanders in delusion and departs in regret at the end.Insight: A devotionless life can look busy yet still end in regret because it never found its center.॥
kot madhe kinai pachhaaniaa har naamaa sachu soee ॥
Literal meaning: Among millions, only someone rare recognizes that the Lord's Name alone is true.Insight: Real recognition is rare: among countless pursuits, few see that only Naam is enduring.॥੩॥
naanak naami milai vaddiaaee doojai bhaai pati khoee ॥3॥
Literal meaning: O Nanak, greatness is obtained through the Name, and through dual attachment honor is lost.Insight: Lasting honor comes from union with Naam, not from divided loyalties.॥
bhagataa kai ghari kaaraju saachaa har gun sadaa vakhaane raam ॥
Literal meaning: In the devotees' home the true task is to speak the Lord's virtues always.Insight: The true work of a devotee's home is to keep God's virtues alive in speech and atmosphere.॥
bhagati khajaanaa aape deeaa kaalu kantaku maari samaane raam ॥
Literal meaning: He Himself gives the treasure of devotion; conquering death's thorn, they merge in the Lord.Insight: The treasure of devotion is received, not possessed, and it overcomes the sting of mortality.॥
kaalu kantaku maari samaane har mani bhaane naamu nidhaanu sachu paaiaa ॥
Literal meaning: Conquering death's thorn and merging in Him, they become pleasing to the Lord and obtain the true treasure of the Name.Insight: When the heart pleases the Divine, what once threatened becomes the doorway into deeper union.॥
sadaa akhutu kade na nikhutai har deeaa sahaji subhaaiaa ॥
Literal meaning: It is always inexhaustible and never runs out, what the Lord gives in natural poise.Insight: What God gives in spiritual balance does not run dry, so the soul can stop living from scarcity.॥
har jan ooche sad hee ooche gur kai sabadi suhaaiaa ॥
Literal meaning: The Lord's people are exalted, forever exalted, and beautified by the Guru's Shabad.Insight: Those shaped by Shabad rise in a way the world cannot grant or take away.॥੪॥੧॥੨॥
naanak aape bakhasi milaae jug jug sobhaa paaiaa ॥4॥1॥2॥
Literal meaning: O Nanak, He Himself forgives and unites them, and through the ages they receive glory.Insight: Grace does the final joining; glory follows those whom God forgives and gathers to Himself.