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Sukhmani: the invocation and the first line
Sukhmani, Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji's longest composition, has twenty-four sections, each with a salok and eight stanzas, on remembrance and the character of those who live by it. Many Sikhs read it regularly. These are its opening invocation and the first lines of its first section.
- 1ਆਦਿ ਗੁਰਏ ਨਮਹ ॥aadh gure nameh
I bow to the Guru who was there at the beginning.
Note. 'Namah' is a formal Sanskrit word of salutation, which gives these lines the feel of a dedication. Prof. Sahib Singh reads Guru Ji in the first two lines as God, the origin of all.
- 2ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਗੁਰਏ ਨਮਹ ॥jugaadh gure nameh
I bow to the Guru who has been there through every age.
- 3ਸਤਿਗੁਰਏ ਨਮਹ ॥satigure nameh
I bow to the true Guru.
- 4ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰਦੇਵਏ ਨਮਹ ॥੧॥sree gurdheve nameh
I bow to the Guru who is great and divine.
- 5ਸਿਮਰਉ ਸਿਮਰਿ ਸਿਮਰਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਉ ॥simarau simar simar sukh paavau
I keep returning to the Name, and in that remembering I find peace.
- 6ਕਲਿ ਕਲੇਸ ਤਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਮਿਟਾਵਉ ॥kal kales tan maeh miTaavau
It clears the conflict and distress from within me.
Our line is a reading of the intent. For the Gurmukhi source text and reference translations seeSikhiToTheMax (part 1), SikhiToTheMax (part 2) and SikhRI's Guru Granth Sahib Project.[DB][EoS][EoS]