Today in one glance
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Key Takeaway
Grace carries even stone-heavy hearts across when they stay in holy company and keep Naam alive within.
First lines
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jo har sevahi sant bhagat tin ke sabh paap nivaaree ||
Literal meaning: Those saints and devotees who serve the Lord have all their sins removed.Insight: Serving in love begins to wash away the residue of wrongdoing that otherwise stays stuck to the heart.॥੧॥
ham oopar kirapaa kar suaamee rakh sangat tum ju piaaree ||1||
Literal meaning: Show mercy upon me, Master, and keep me in the company that is dear to You. ||1||Insight: Instead of trusting self-will, ask to be placed among people and practices that keep you close to what God loves.
॥
har gun kahi na sakau banavaaree ||
Literal meaning: I cannot speak Your virtues, O Banvaari.Insight: Real devotion starts with honesty that the Divine is larger than anything the tongue can capture or control.॥॥
ham paapee paathar neer dubat kar kirapaa paakhan ham taaree || rahaau ||
Literal meaning: We sinners sink like stones in water; by grace, carry us stones across. Pause.Insight: Even when you feel spiritually heavy and unable to lift yourself, grace can do what your own effort cannot. Pause and sit with that dependence.॥
janam janam ke laage bikh morachaa lag sangat saadh savaaree ||
Literal meaning: The poison-rust stuck through many births is put right by joining the company of the holy.Insight: Long-hardened inner patterns do not heal in isolation; holy company loosens what has corroded the soul over time.॥੨॥
jio kanchan baisantar taaio mal kaatee katit utaaree ||2||
Literal meaning: As gold is heated in fire, its impurity is cut away and removed. ||2||Insight: Refinement may feel like heat, but what burns can also be what removes the dullness that keeps the heart from shining.॥
har har japan japau din raatee jap har har har ur dhaaree ||
Literal meaning: Day and night I chant the Lord’s chant, and by chanting I hold the Divine within my heart.Insight: Naam becomes living practice when it is carried inward all day, not treated as a brief religious moment.॥੩॥
har har har aukhadh jag pooraa jap har har haumai maaree ||3||
Literal meaning: The Lord’s Name is the perfect medicine in the world; by chanting the Lord, ego is subdued. ||3||Insight: The cure for ego is not self-polishing but returning again and again to Naam until self-importance loses its grip.॥
har har agam agaadh bodh aparanpar purakh apaaree ||
Literal meaning: The Lord is inaccessible, unfathomable in wisdom, limitless, and boundless Being.Insight: The Divine is deeper than intellect can master, so humility and awe are part of real understanding.॥੪॥੧॥
jan kau kirapaa karahu jagajeevan jan naanak paij savaaree ||4||1||
Literal meaning: Show grace to Your servant, O Life of the world; servant Nanak’s honor is upheld. ||4||1||Insight: The prayer ends personally and humbly: protect the dignity of the one who turns toward You and asks for mercy.