Today in one glance
Monday, April 13, 2026
Key Takeaway
Do not waste this life burning in ego, pleasure, and attachment to what will leave you; take shelter in the Guru now.
First lines
॥
mirat hasai sir oopare pasooaa nahee boojhai.
Literal meaning: Death laughs over one's head, yet the beast-like person does not understand.Insight: The mind lives as if death is far away, but this line breaks that spell: life is fragile, and spiritual numbness is dangerous.॥੧॥
baad saad ahankaar meh marnaa nahee soojhai. ||1||
Literal meaning: Amid quarrels, pleasures, and ego, one does not realize death.Insight: Conflict, indulgence, and ego do not merely distract us; they keep us from facing what matters before time runs out.
॥
satigur sevahu aapnaa kaahe firahu abhaage.
Literal meaning: Serve your own True Guru; why do you wander as one so unfortunate?Insight: The cure is not more wandering, experimenting, or chasing relief elsewhere; it is to return to the Guru's guidance with sincerity.॥੧॥॥
dekh kasumbhaa rangulaa kaahe bhool laage. ||1|| rahaao.
Literal meaning: Seeing the bright safflower, why do you become attached in delusion? Pause and reflect.Insight: What looks vivid and exciting can still be shallow and temporary, so the line asks us to question what we are emotionally clinging to.॥
kar kar paap darab keeaa varatan kai taaee.
Literal meaning: Again and again, sinful wealth is gathered only for worldly use.Insight: We often justify compromised choices in the name of comfort, family, status, or survival, but the verse exposes how easily wealth can be built without wisdom.॥੨॥
maatee sio maatee ralee naagaa uth jaaee. ||2||
Literal meaning: Dust mixes back into dust, and one rises and departs empty-handed.Insight: No possession, title, or accumulation travels with us; the body itself returns to earth, leaving only the state of our consciousness.॥
jaa kai keeai sram karai te bair birodhee.
Literal meaning: Those for whom you toil become hostile and opposed.Insight: The very people or systems we exhaust ourselves for can turn against us, so this is a warning against making human approval our highest loyalty.॥੩॥
ant kaal bhaj jaahige kaahe jalahu karodhee. ||3||
Literal meaning: In the end they run away; why burn in anger for them?Insight: Much of our anger comes from attachment to people who cannot ultimately stay; remembering this softens rage and redirects us toward truth.॥
daas ren soee hoaa jis mastak karmaa.
Literal meaning: Only that person becomes the dust of the Lord's servants whose forehead bears blessed karma.Insight: Real blessing is not social rank or outer success, but the humility to become dust at the feet of the holy and receptive to grace.॥੪॥੬॥੩੬॥
kahu naanak bandhan chhute satigur kee sarnaa. ||4||6||36||
Literal meaning: Says Nanak: in the refuge of the True Guru, bonds are released.Insight: Freedom from bondage comes not by control or accumulation, but by surrendering into the shelter and discipline of the Guru.