Mukhvak
Hukamnama
from Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar
- Date
- Tuesday, 5 August 2025
- Found on
- Ang 545
- Raag
- Bihaagraa
- Written by
- Guru Arjan Dev Ji
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ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
bihaagaRaa mahalaa panjavaa ||
Bihaagraa, Fifth Mehla:
ਖੋਜਤ ਸੰਤ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਅਧਾਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
khojat sa(n)t fireh prabh praan adhaare raam ||
The Saints go around, searching for God, the support of their breath of life.
ਤਾਣੁ ਤਨੁ ਖੀਨ ਭਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਮਿਲਤ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
taan tan kheen bhiaa bin milat piaare raam ||
They lose the strength of their bodies, if they do not merge with their Beloved Lord.
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਮਇਆ ਧਾਰੇ ਕਰਿ ਦਇਆ ਲੜਿ ਲਾਇ ਲੀਜੀਐ ॥
prabh milahu piaare miaa dhaare kar dhiaa laR lai leejeeaai ||
O God, my Beloved, please, bestow Your kindness upon me, that I may merge with You; by Your Mercy, attach me to the hem of Your robe.
ਦੇਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਪਨਾ ਜਪਉ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸ ਪੇਖੇ ਜੀਜੀਐ ॥
dheh naam apanaa japau suaamee har dharas pekhe jeejeeaai ||
Bless me with Your Name, that I may chant it, O Lord and Master; beholding the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, I live.
ਸਮਰਥ ਪੂਰਨ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਹਚਲ ਊਚ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰੇ ॥
samarath pooran sadhaa nihachal uooch agam apaare ||
He is all-powerful, perfect, eternal and unchanging, exalted, unapproachable and infinite.
ਬਿਨਵੰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਧਾਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥੧॥
binava(n)t naanak dhaar kirapaa milahu praan piaare ||1||
Prays Nanak, bestow Your Mercy upon me, O Beloved of my soul, that I may merge with You. ||1||
ਜਪ ਤਪ ਬਰਤ ਕੀਨੇ ਪੇਖਨ ਕਉ ਚਰਣਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
jap tap barat keene pekhan kau charanaa raam ||
I have practiced chanting, intensive meditation and fasting, to see Your Feet, O Lord.
ਤਪਤਿ ਨ ਕਤਹਿ ਬੁਝੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਸਰਣਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
tapat na kateh bujhai bin suaamee saranaa raam ||
But still, my burning is not quenched, without the Sanctuary of the Lord Master.
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਰਣਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਕਾਟਿ ਬੇਰੀ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਤਾਰੀਐ ॥
prabh saran teree kaaT beree sa(n)saar saagar taareeaai ||
I seek Your Sanctuary, God - please, cut away my bonds and carry me across the world-ocean.
ਅਨਾਥ ਨਿਰਗੁਨਿ ਕਛੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਾ ਮੇਰਾ ਗੁਣੁ ਅਉਗਣੁ ਨ ਬੀਚਾਰੀਐ ॥
anaath niragun kachh na jaanaa meraa gun aaugan na beechaareeaai ||
I am masterless, worthless, and I know nothing; please do not count up my merits and demerits.
ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲ ਗੋਪਾਲ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਮਰਥ ਕਾਰਣ ਕਰਣਾ ॥
dheen dhiaal gopaal preetam samarath kaaran karanaa ||
O Lord, Merciful to the meek, Sustainer of the world, O Beloved, Almighty Cause of causes.
ਨਾਨਕ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕ ਹਰਿ ਬੂੰਦ ਮਾਗੈ ਜਪਿ ਜੀਵਾ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣਾ ॥੨॥
naanak chaatirak har boo(n)dh maagai jap jeevaa har har charanaa ||2||
Nanak, the song-bird, begs for the rain-drop of the Lord's Name; meditating on the Feet of the Lord, Har, Har, he lives. ||2||
ਅਮਿਅ ਸਰੋਵਰੋ ਪੀਉ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
amia sarovaro peeau har har naamaa raam ||
Drink in the Ambrosial Nectar from the pool of the Lord; chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
ਸੰਤਹ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਜਪਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਕਾਮਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
sa(n)teh sa(n)g milai jap pooran kaamaa raam ||
In the Society of the Saints, one meets the Lord; meditating on Him, one's affairs are resolved.
ਸਭ ਕਾਮ ਪੂਰਨ ਦੁਖ ਬਿਦੀਰਨ ਹਰਿ ਨਿਮਖ ਮਨਹੁ ਨ ਬੀਸਰੈ ॥
sabh kaam pooran dhukh bidheeran har nimakh manahu na beesarai ||
God is the One who accomplishes everything; He is the Dispeller of pain. Never forget Him from your mind, even for an instant.
ਆਨੰਦ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਰਬ ਗੁਣ ਜਗਦੀਸਰੈ ॥
aana(n)dh anadhin sadhaa saachaa sarab gun jagadheesarai ||
He is blissful, night and day; He is forever True. All Glories are contained in the Lord in the Universe.
ਅਗਣਤ ਊਚ ਅਪਾਰ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਅਗਮ ਜਾ ਕੋ ਧਾਮਾ ॥
aganat uooch apaar Thaakur agam jaa ko dhaamaa ||
Incalculable, lofty and infinite is the Lord and Master. Unapproachable is His home.
ਬਿਨਵੰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਮੇਰੀ ਇਛ ਪੂਰਨ ਮਿਲੇ ਸ੍ਰੀਰੰਗ ਰਾਮਾ ॥੩॥
binava(n)t naanak meree ichh pooran mile sreera(n)g raamaa ||3||
Prays Nanak, my desires are fulfilled; I have met the Lord, the Greatest Lover. ||3||
ਕਈ ਕੋਟਿਕ ਜਗ ਫਲਾ ਸੁਣਿ ਗਾਵਨਹਾਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
kiee koTik jag falaa sun gaavanahaare raam ||
The fruits of many millions of charitable feasts come to those who listen to and sing the Lord's Praise.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਕੁਲ ਸਗਲੇ ਤਾਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
har har naam japat kul sagale taare raam ||
Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, all one's generations are carried across.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਸੋਹੰਤ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਕਿਤ ਗਨਾ ॥
har naam japat soha(n)t praanee taa kee mahimaa kit ganaa ||
Chanting the Name of the Lord, one is beautified; what Praises of His can I chant?
ਹਰਿ ਬਿਸਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਚਿਤਵੰਤਿ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਸਦ ਮਨਾ ॥
har bisar naahee praan piaare chitava(n)t dharasan sadh manaa ||
I shall never forget the Lord; He is the Beloved of my soul. My mind constantly yearns for the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.
ਸੁਭ ਦਿਵਸ ਆਏ ਗਹਿ ਕੰਠਿ ਲਾਏ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਊਚ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰੇ ॥
subh dhivas aae geh ka(n)Th laae prabh uooch agam apaare ||
Auspicious is that day, when God, the lofty, inaccessible and infinite, hugs me close in His embrace.
ਬਿਨਵੰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਫਲੁ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਮਿਲੇ ਅਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥੪॥੩॥੬॥
binava(n)t naanak safal sabh kichh prabh mile at piaare ||4||3||6||
Prays Nanak, everything is fruitful - I have met my supremely beloved Lord God. ||4||3||6||
End of the Hukamnama
Past seven days
What is a Hukamnama?
Each morning at Sri Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, after Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is opened with prayer, the Granthi reads the shabad at the top of the left page the Guru opens to. That shabad is the Hukamnama, the Guru's order for the day. The word joins hukam, an order, and nama, a letter.
It is taken once and shared everywhere, so a Sikh in Amritsar and one in California read the same shabad that day. Many Sikhs read it after their morning Nitnem, or listen to it on the way to work, and carry a line of it through the day.
This page shows the day's Hukamnama in Gurmukhi with a transliteration and English translation, and the recording of it when one is available. The Simran app brings it to your phone each morning, with the lock screen widget showing the first line where you will see it first.
Frequently asked questions
What time is the Hukamnama taken?
It is taken at Sri Harmandir Sahib early in the morning, India time, and appears here soon after. India is twelve and a half hours ahead of California and five and a half hours ahead of London, so by the clock in North America the new Hukamnama usually arrives the evening before.
Why does the date look a day ahead of mine?
The date is the day in Amritsar, where the Hukamnama is taken. When it is Tuesday morning there it is still Monday evening in most of the Americas.
Can I read an earlier Hukamnama?
The past seven days are listed above. Each opens that day's full shabad in Gurmukhi with transliteration and English.
How do I get the Hukamnama on my lock screen?
The Simran app has a Daily Hukamnama widget for the lock screen on iPhone and Android. Add it once and the day's shabad is there each morning. The lock screen widget page walks through the setup.