English Hukamnama Katha-Ang 515

salok mehlaa 3 ||
Satgur Maharaj Guru Amar Daas Ji is blessing us today. Satgur Ji speaks to us through the salok first.

vaahu vaahu say jan sadaa karahi jinH ka-o aapay day-ay bujhaa-ay ||
Satgur Sahib Ji says vaahu vaahu say jan sadaa karahi, vaahu vaahu means amazing, wondrous, beautiful,beyond explanation. vaahu vaahu, in Punjabi we say vaah, it is like saying wow, it is like saying amazing, beyond words. It is wonderful, it is wondrous. Gurmukh Piaario, Satgur Ji says those jan, humble servants of the Guru who are completely imbued with at all times, sadaa means at all times;karahi - repeating; the name of Guru vaahu vaahu, the wondrous name of Waheguru, the wondrous name of Lord God which is Waheguru. wahe meaning wondrous as well; guru meaning that Lord God that takes us from darkness into light. jinH ka-o aapay day-ay bujhaa-ay, Satgur Guru Amar Daas Maharaj Ji says those who have been blessed withbujhaa-ay, with this understanding with the true wisdom by the Guru only they can meditate upon thy name. aap gava-ay taa har gun gaa-o Guru Arjan Dev Ji says in Sukhmani Sahib. Only the Lord God himself inspires you to sing his praises.

vaahu vaahu karti-aa man nirmal hovai ha-umai vichahu jaa-ay ||
By repeating that magical, that spiritual word Waheguru and when I am talking about magical don't take it in worldly sense, I am talking about the magic to change your life, to take you from having anger filled, anxiety filled, stressed fill life into a life of ease, grace, humility. vaahu vaahu karti-aa man nirmal hovai By repeating Waheguru mantar word, by repeating God's name, man nirmal hovai your mind is cleansed, your mind becomes nirmal, mal means filth, nir means without; it means immaculately pure. hovai ha-umai vichahu jaa-ay, why? Because by meditating on the name Waheguru, ha-umai the true filth is inside you of ego, ha-umai, jaa-ay- departs.

vaahu vaahu gursikh jo nit karay so man chindi-aa fal paa-ay ||
Those Gursikhs, who is a Gursikh? The one who has taken on thesikh, the wisdom of the Guru, he is Gursikh, she is a Gursikh. Those Gursikhs who nit, day in and day out meditate upon Waheguru Ji's name; so man chindi-aa fal paa-ay they find thefal fruit of their man - mind'schindi-aa - desires.

vaahu vaahu karahi say jan sohnay har tinH kai sang milaa-ay ||
Satgur Paadshah Ji says people are not beautiful because of their outwardly appearance, people are not beautiful because of their bank accounts, people are not beautiful because of cosmetics or anything like that, Satgur Paadshah Ji says those people are beautiful, those jan, those humble servants are beautiful who karahi meditate upon vaahu vaahu, who sing Waheguru day in and day out. har tinH kai sang milaa-ay O Hari, O Waheguru, Please milaa-ay -unite me with their sangat, with their company, with in their congregation.

vaahu vaahu hirdai uchraa mukhahu bhee vaahu vaahu karay-o ||
Satgur Paadshah Ji says when we meditate, not just mukhahu bhee vaahu vaahu karay-o Guru Amar Daas Ji says meditate with your tongue; mukhahu means with your mouth, your tongue; say Waheguru, Waheguru, repeat the name of the Lord, but hirdai uchraa the idea here is that Waheguru upon your tongue goes into your heart, hardai inwardly and outwardly, be meditating upon God's name.

naanak vaahu vaahu jo karahi ha-o tan man tinH ka-o day-o. ||1||
Satgur Amar Daas Ji says those people who meditate upon Wageguru Ji's name, ha-o tan man tinH ka-o day-o I give mytan - my body to serve them and give my mind tinH ka-o day-o to those people, to those Gursikhs, to those humble beings. Why do I give them my mind? So that they can teach me how to bring thoughts of humility, how to think about the Guru, how to live my life inwardly and outwardly in purity.

mehlaa 3||

vaahu vaahu saahib sach hai amrit jaa kaa naa-o||
Satgur Ji says vaahu vaahu saahib sach hai that Lord God, WaheGuru is sach, is the eternal truth. amrit jaa kaa naa-o And God's name is amrit, is key to immortality.

jin sayvi-aa tin fal paa-i-aa ha-o tin balihaarai jaa-o||
jin sayvi-aa Those people who have served the Guru, tin fal paa-i-aa, they have received the fruits of their service. There is no doubt about that, Guru Amar Daas Ji says. ha-o tin balihaarai jaa-o Guru Sahib Ji says I am a sacrifice to those Gursikhs who have served the Guru.

vaahu vaahu gunee niDhaan hai jis no day-ay so khaa-ay ||
This Waheguru manta, this name of Lord God is the niDhaan, the treasure of allgunee, all virtues. Those who meditate upon Guru's Banee, those who meditate upon the Guru's words, those who meditate upon Guru's manta, they have received the greatest treasure in this world of virtues. jis no day-ay so khaa-ay But only those who Waheguru Ji blesses themselves, khaa-ay, taste this nectar.

vaahu vaahu jal thal bharpoor hai gurmukh paa-i-aa jaa-ay ||
Waheguru Ji is bharpoor, pervading through jal thal, through all of the water and land, through everything. gurmukh paa-i-aa jaa-ay But only through the Guru and only through centering your life upon the Guru's words can you paa-i-aa, find God.

vaahu vaahu gursikh nit sabh karahu gur pooray vaahu vaahu bhaavai ||
O Gursikhs, followers of the Guru, nit, everyday, day in and day out meditate upon God's name. gur pooray vaahu vaahu bhaavai The perfect Guru is bhaavai, pleased when you meditate upon Waheguru Ji's name.

naanak vaahu vaahu jo man chit karay tis jamkankar nayrh na aavai. ||2||
Satguru Amar Daas Ji says those people who with their mind and their chittis jamkankar nayrh na aavai even the angels of death cannot touch those people.

pa-orhee.

har jee-o sachaa sach hai sachee gurbaanee ||
har jee-o Waheguru Ji is sachaa sach hai, the eternal truth;sachee gurbaanee and the Guru's words are the path to this truth.

satgur tay sach pachhaanee-ai sach sahj samaanee ||
Through the immortal Guru, satgur tay, through the eternal Guru, through the Guru's Grace we come topachhanee-ai, understand the sach, truth we come to understand that this world is false and the God's name is true. sach sahj samaanee And through the Guru's Grace we samaanee, merge into this sat, this truth by meditating upon the God's name.

an-din jaageh naa saveh jaagat rain vihaanee ||
an-din jaageh naa saveh Those Gurmukh Piaaray, realize this, an-din, day and night, jaageh, they have been woken from their slumber of spiritual ignorance and they are awake day and night. When they are sleeping or whatever they are doing; what does this mean that they are aware that that Waheguru, that Lord God is with them all times. naa saveh They do not fall into sleep of ignorance again. jaagat rain vihaanee In the night of this world, this whole world is deep, dark, like the pitch blackness of night but they have <>vihaanee, they spend their lives, have spent the nights of their life, jaagat, awake. And those people are awake cannot be robbed. Those people are awake cannot be harmed because they are aware and awake.

gurmatee har ras chaakhi-aa say punn paraanee ||
Through the Guru's mouth, through listening to the Guru's words and though understanding what the Guru is saying and through following what the Guru is saying, they have har ras chaakhi-aa, tasted the ras, the essence of God's name. say punn paraanee Those paraanee, those beings are blessed with the fruits of their labor. They are blessed.

bin gur kinai na paa-i-o pach mu-ay ajaanee ||17||
bin gur Without the Guru, Guru Amar Daas JI says, kinai na paa-i-o no one has found God. pach mu-ay ajaanee, Those who haveajaanee stuck in spiritual ignorance they arepach, they have rotted away. Guru Amar Daas Ji is telling us in this last line that if you think you can get to the Guru any other way, there is no other path to Guru, there is no other path to God apart from through the Guru.

gurmatee har ras chaakhi-aa say punn paraanee ||
bin gur kinai na paa-i-o pach mu-ay ajaanee. ||

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa ! Waheguru ji ki Fateh !