Today in one glance
Friday, April 3, 2026
Key Takeaway
Attachment hollows life from within, but peace takes root when we accept the Guru's way and let Naam dwell in the heart.
First lines
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poorab likhiaa kamaavanaa ji karatai aap likhiaasu ||
Literal meaning: What was written beforehand is what one must live out; the Creator Himself has written it.Insight: Humility begins when we stop acting as if we authored everything in life and start responding wisely to what has arrived before us.॥
moh thagauli paaeeanu visariaa gunataasu ||
Literal meaning: Receiving the deceptive potion of attachment, one forgets the Treasure of virtues.Insight: Attachment rarely announces itself as danger; it slowly numbs the heart until what is sacred no longer feels urgent.
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mat jaanahu jag jeevadaa doojai bhaae muiaasu ||
Literal meaning: Do not think the worldling is alive; in the love of duality, it is dead.Insight: A life can look busy and successful yet still be spiritually numb when it is driven by divided loyalties.॥
jinee guramukh naam na chetio se behan na milanee paas ||
Literal meaning: Those who, as Gurmukh, did not remember Naam do not obtain a place nearby.Insight: If we do not turn toward the Guru and practice remembrance, we keep missing the nearness we say we want.॥
dukh laagaa bahu at ghanaa put kalat na saath koee jaas ||
Literal meaning: Great and intense suffering clings to them; neither son nor spouse goes with them.Insight: What we cling to for security cannot walk with us through the deepest thresholds, so attachment always overpromises.॥
lokaa vich muhu kaalaa hoaa andar ubhe saas ||
Literal meaning: Among people their face is blackened, and inwardly they heave sighs.Insight: Attachment eventually exposes us: the public image cracks and the inner life loses rest.॥
manamukhaa no ko na visehee chuk gaeiaa vesaas ||
Literal meaning: No one trusts the self-willed; their reliability has slipped away.Insight: Self-centered living eventually empties out credibility, because people feel when ego is running the relationship.॥੧॥
naanak guramukhaa no sukh agalaa jinaa antar naam nivaas ||1||
Literal meaning: O Nanak, the Gurmukhs have supreme peace; within them Naam dwells.Insight: Real peace is not control over circumstances but the steady inner settling that comes when Naam lives in the heart.॥
se sain se sajanaa ji guramukh milehi subhaae ||
Literal meaning: Those are companions, those are friends, who meet as Gurmukh in natural love.Insight: True friendship is spiritual companionship that helps each person turn more honestly toward the Guru.॥
satigur kaa bhaanaa anadin karehi se sach rahe samaae ||
Literal meaning: They practice the True Guru's will day and night; they remain absorbed in Truth.Insight: When the Guru's way is lived consistently, truth stops being a concept and becomes the atmosphere of a person's life.॥
doojai bhaae lage sajan na aakheeahi ji abhimaan karehi vekaar ||
Literal meaning: Those attached to duality are not called friends; they act in pride and corruption.Insight: Not everyone who stays close is a true friend; ego and divided loyalty make relationships spiritually corrosive.॥
manamukh aap suaarathee kaaraj na sakehi savaar ||
Literal meaning: The self-willed are selfish; they cannot set any affair right.Insight: A person ruled by self-interest cannot truly carry their own inner work, much less help someone else well.॥੨॥
naanak poorab likhiaa kamaavanaa koi na mettanhaar ||2||
Literal meaning: O Nanak, one must live out what was written beforehand; no one can erase it.Insight: Freedom begins when we stop bargaining with reality and start meeting life with wisdom instead of complaint.॥
tudh aape jagat upaae kai aap khel rachaaiaa ||
Literal meaning: You Yourself created the world and Yourself arranged the play.Insight: The world is not random clutter; it unfolds inside a divine play larger than the ego's narrow reading of events.॥
trai gun aap sirajiaa maaeiaa mohu vadhaaiaa ||
Literal meaning: You Yourself created the three qualities and increased attachment to Maya.Insight: Even the forces that entangle us are within the One's creation, which keeps us humble and spiritually alert.॥
vich haumai lekhaa mangeeai fir aavai jaaiaa ||
Literal meaning: In ego the account is demanded, and then one comes and goes again.Insight: Unchecked ego keeps reopening the cycle of consequence and repetition, leaving a person spiritually tired but unchanged.॥
jinaa har aap kirapaa kare se gur samajhaaiaa ||
Literal meaning: Those upon whom the Lord Himself grants grace, the Guru makes them understand.Insight: Understanding is not mere cleverness; when grace softens the heart, the Guru makes the pattern of life clear.॥੩॥
balihaaree gur aapane sadaa sadaa ghumaaiaa ||3||
Literal meaning: I am a sacrifice to my Guru; forever and ever I circle in devotion.Insight: Devotion matures into willing surrender, where gratitude becomes the way a person keeps offering themselves back to the Guru.