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Bhagat Ravidas in Suhi Rag | Guru Granth Sahib 793 | Artist: Bhai Dharam Singh Zakhmi

Sabad Recitation

Monday
,
10
July
2017

As life progresses and the day turns to dusk, the Sabad reminds us that our lives remain incomplete without beautifying the path with devotion and remembrance. The darkness of ignorance spreads, and without the light of Nam, we remain lost.

As life progresses and the day turns to dusk, the Sabad reminds us that our lives remain incomplete without beautifying the path with devotion and remembrance. The darkness of ignorance spreads, and without the light of Nam, we remain lost.

Whichever day comes, that day goes.
Stay is impermanent; departure is imminent.
Companions are departing. I, too, will be departing.
Long journey ahead. Death hovering overhead.  1.

O! Ignorant. Wake up! Why are you asleep?
You deem the life in this world to be eternal. 1. Reflect.

The One who gives life also nourishes.
Inside all beings, dispensing consumables.

Embrace devotion; leave “I” and “mine.”
At dawn, remember Nam¹ within the heart.  2.

Life is passing; the Path is not beautified.Dusk descends. Everywhere, darkness spreads.Ravidas says, O! Ignorant, crazy being,No Remembrance? The world is a perishable house. 3.

1 Divine Identification

     Bhagat Ravidas in Rag Suhi  |  Guru Granth Sahib 793

About Sabad of the Week

We are finite; our understanding is finite. Our understanding was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.

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