Hukmnama, Golden Temple, Amritsar (Nov 04, 2023)
🎵ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਛੰਤ🎵
Wadahans, First Mehl, Chhant:
**ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥**
*One Universal Creator God manifesting Himself to form the Creation. Realized By The Grace Of The True Guru*
🌺 **Insight:** This stanza lays the foundation, emphasizing a sole, universal creator, whose realization is attainable through the grace of the true Guru.
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**ਕਾਇਆ ਕੂੜਿ ਵਿਗਾੜਿ ਕਾਹੇ ਨਾਈਐ ॥**
*Why bother to wash the body, polluted by falsehood?*
🌺 **Insight:** Questions the value of external purification when one’s actions are rooted in deceit. True cleanliness extends beyond the physical to moral and ethical realms.
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**ਨਾਤਾ ਸੋ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥**
*One’s cleansing bath is only approved if he practices Truth.*
🌺 **Insight:** Emphasizes spiritual acceptance and purity stem from truthful living, making religious rituals without ethical living futile.
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**ਜਬ ਸਾਚ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਸਾਚਾ ਤਾਮਿ ਸਾਚਾ ਪਾਈਐ ॥**
*When there is Truth within the heart, then one becomes True, and obtains the True Lord.*
🌺 **Insight:** Stresses internalization of truth to truly connect with the Divine.
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**ਲਿਖੇ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਬੋਲਿ ਬੋਲਿ ਗਵਾਈਐ ॥**
*Without pre-ordained destiny, understanding is not attained; talking and babbling, one wastes his life away.*
🌺 **Insight:** Suggests that understanding and enlightenment are predestined, and without this, discourse will not lead to true knowledge.
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**ਜਿਥੈ ਜਾਇ ਬਹੀਐ ਭਲਾ ਕਹੀਐ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਲਿਖਾਈਐ ॥**
*Wherever you go and sit, speak well, and write the Word in your consciousness.*
🌺 **Insight:** Encourages the remembrance of divine virtues in all circumstances and promotes spreading goodness through speech.
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**ਕਾਇਆ ਕੂੜਿ ਵਿਗਾੜਿ ਕਾਹੇ ਨਾਈਐ ॥੧॥**
*Why bother to wash the body which is polluted by falsehood? ||1||*
🌺 **Insight:** Reiterates the theme of the hymn, reminding us that spiritual endeavors are hollow without inner purity and truthfulness.
🌸🌸🌸 **Review of the Shabad:** 🌸🌸🌸
From a psychological perspective, this Shabad underscores authenticity and integrity, challenging the reader to introspect about the alignment between their inner values and outer actions. It advocates a heart-centered approach to spirituality, emphasizing that true devotion is found in a heart filled with truth and a life lived in alignment with divine virtues, rather than mere physical cleanliness or external rituals.