✨ Daily Hukamnama Reflection – SGGS Ang 1428
ਸੁਖ ਮੈ ਬਹੁ ਸੰਗੀ ਭਏ ਦੁਖ ਮੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨਾ ਅੰਤਿ ਸਹਾਈ ਹੋਇ ॥
सुख मै बहु संगी भए दुख मै संगि न कोइ ॥
कहु नानक हरि भजु मना अंति सहाई होइ ॥
Sukẖ mai baho sangī bẖae ḏukẖ mai sang na koe.
Kaho Nānak har bẖaj manā anṯ sahāī hoe.
🌿 English Meaning
In good times, many companions gather around us, but in difficult times worldly companionship may disappear. Guru Nanak Sahib Ji says: O mind, remember and meditate upon the Lord, for He is the true Help and Support in the end.
🌼 ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਰਥ
ਸੁਖ ਅਤੇ ਖੁਸ਼ਹਾਲੀ ਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਸਾਥੀ ਬਣ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ, ਪਰ ਦੁੱਖ ਅਤੇ ਬਿਪਤਾ ਵੇਲੇ ਕਈ ਸਾਥ ਛੱਡ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ। ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ ਫਰਮਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ—ਹੇ ਮਨ! ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਦਾ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਕਰ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਅੰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹੀ ਤੇਰਾ ਸੱਚਾ ਸਹਾਈ ਅਤੇ ਆਸਰਾ ਹੈ।
🌺 हिंदी अर्थ
सुख और समृद्धि के समय मनुष्य के बहुत से साथी बन जाते हैं, लेकिन दुःख और कठिनाई के समय बहुत से लोग साथ छोड़ देते हैं। गुरु नानक साहिब जी कहते हैं—हे मन! प्रभु का स्मरण करो, क्योंकि अंत में वही तुम्हारा सच्चा सहायक और सहारा है।
✨ Reflection
Today's Hukamnama speaks directly about companionship, difficult times and where we place our deepest trust.
Guru Sahib begins with an observation that many people experience during life:
“ਸੁਖ ਮੈ ਬਹੁ ਸੰਗੀ ਭਏ ਦੁਖ ਮੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥”
During times of happiness, prosperity and success, companionship can be plentiful.
People may enjoy being around us when circumstances are comfortable. We may feel surrounded by friends, acquaintances and supporters.
But difficult circumstances can change relationships.
When hardship, loss or uncertainty enters life, some of those who once seemed close may no longer remain beside us.
This does not mean that every human relationship is false.
Family, friendship and sincere Sangat are among life's greatest blessings. There are people who remain loyal through tremendous difficulties, and Gurbani inspires us to value such relationships deeply.
But even the most loving human companion has limitations.
No person can remove every difficulty from our life. No human being can remain physically beside us forever.
Guru Sahib therefore directs our consciousness towards something deeper:
“ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨਾ ਅੰਤਿ ਸਹਾਈ ਹੋਇ ॥”
O mind, remember the Lord; He is your support in the end.
The message is not to stop loving people. It is to love people without making them the foundation of our spiritual security.
That foundation belongs with Waheguru.
When the mind becomes connected with Naam, our peace no longer depends entirely upon who stays and who leaves.
There is also an important lesson about our own behaviour.
Instead of only asking:
“Who will remain with me when I suffer?”
We can ask:
“Will I remain beside someone else when they are suffering?”
True Sangat is revealed not only in celebrations but also through compassion during hardship.
A phone call, a message, listening without judgement or simply remaining present can become a meaningful form of Seva.
🙏 Message for Today
Value those who have remained sincere with you through difficult times.
Be grateful for them.
Then consider whether someone else needs your support today.
Above all, strengthen the relationship that remains beyond changing worldly circumstances:
your relationship with Waheguru.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਮਨਾ ਅੰਤਿ ਸਹਾਈ ਹੋਇ ॥
May Guru Sahib bless us with sincere Sangat, compassion towards others, love for Naam and unwavering trust in Waheguru as our eternal support. 🙏
SGGS Ang 1428
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