Today in one glance
Monday, April 6, 2026
Key Takeaway
The Guru can forgive a life wasted in ego, draw it into Naam and sangat, and turn restless hunger into peace.
First lines
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apnaa aap na pachhaanee har prabh jaataa door ||
Literal meaning: Not recognizing one’s own self, one considers the Lord God to be far away.Insight: When I do not honestly know my own inner state, the Divine feels distant even though the distance is in my awareness, not in God.॥
gur kee sevaa visree kio man rahai hajoor ||
Literal meaning: The Guru’s service is forgotten; how can the mind remain in the Presence?Insight: A mind that ignores guidance and practice cannot stay settled in sacred nearness.
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manmukh janam gavaaiaa jhoothai laalach koor ||
Literal meaning: The self-willed person wastes life in false greed and falsehood.Insight: Living by impulse and appetite drains a whole life into chasing what can never make the heart true.॥੧॥
naanak bakhas milaaian sachai sabad hadoor ||1||
Literal meaning: O Nanak, by forgiving, He unites them; through the true Shabad they are brought near into Presence.Insight: The life lost in ego is not beyond recovery; grace and the Guru’s truth can bring a person back into real closeness with the Divine.॥
har prabh sachaa sohilaa gurmukh naam govind ||
Literal meaning: True is the Lord God’s song of praise; for the Gurmukh, the Name is Govind.Insight: Real praise is not performance; it is the heart turning Guruward until Naam becomes living relationship.॥
an-din naam salaahnaa har japiaa man aanand ||
Literal meaning: Night and day praising the Naam and meditating on the Lord, the mind becomes blissful.Insight: Steady remembrance reshapes the inner climate, so joy becomes something practiced into the mind, not merely waited for.॥
vaddabhaagee har paaiaa pooran paramaanand ||
Literal meaning: By great good fortune, one finds the Lord, the perfect supreme bliss.Insight: Meeting the Divine is grace rather than self-congratulation, and that grace fills what nothing else can complete.॥੨॥
jan naanak naam salaahiaa bahurh na man tan bhang ||2||
Literal meaning: Servant Nanak praised the Naam; then there is no more breakage in mind and body.Insight: Naam brings a wholeness that keeps inner life from splintering under strain.॥
koee nindak hovai satiguroo kaa fir saran gur aavai ||
Literal meaning: If someone is a slanderer of the True Guru, and then comes into the Guru’s refuge,Insight: Even serious spiritual damage does not close the way back if a person truly turns toward refuge.॥
pichhale gunah satigur bakhas lae satsangat naal ralaavai ||
Literal meaning: The True Guru forgives past sins and blends that one into the holy congregation.Insight: Grace does not only pardon; it restores belonging and places a person back inside healing company.॥
jio meeh vuthai galeeaa naaliaa tobhiaa kaa jal jaae pavai vich sursaree sursaree milat pavitr paavan hoi jaavai ||
Literal meaning: Just as when rain falls, the water of lanes, drains, and ponds goes and falls into the Ganges; joining the Ganges, it becomes pure and sacred.Insight: What seems muddy or unworthy can be transformed completely by what it joins; company and direction matter.॥
eh vaddiaaee satigur nirvair vich jit miliai tisnaa bhukh utarai har saant tar aavai ||
Literal meaning: This is the greatness of the vengeance-free True Guru: meeting Him, thirst and hunger depart, and divine peace immediately comes.Insight: The Guru does not hold our past against us; meeting this compassion cools the restless cravings that keep us inwardly burning.॥੧੩॥੧॥
naanak ih acharaj dekhahu mere har sache saah kaa je satiguroo no mannai su sabhnaa bhaavai ||13||1||
Literal meaning: O Nanak, behold this wonder of my true Lord-King: whoever accepts the True Guru becomes pleasing to all.Insight: Trusting the Guru reshapes presence so deeply that a person begins to carry harmony, not friction, into relationships.