Japji Sahib · Stanza 2
Pauri 2
Everything happens within God's Hukam — and understanding this melts away our ego.
ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਆਕਾਰ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਕਹਿਆ ਜਾਈ ॥
Hukmee hovan aakaar hukam na kahiaa jaa-ee.
By God's Hukam all shapes and forms come to be — yet the Hukam itself is too great to fully describe.
ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਜੀਅ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
Hukmee hovan jee-a hukam milai vadiaa-ee.
By Hukam all living beings come into being, and by Hukam honour is given.
ਹੁਕਮੀ ਉਤਮੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਦੁਖ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਈਅਹਿ ॥
Hukmee utam neech hukam likh dukh sukh paa-ee-ah.
By Hukam some are high and some are low; by Hukam we are given sorrow and joy.
ਇਕਨਾ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਇਕਿ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਸਦਾ ਭਵਾਈਅਹਿ ॥
Iknaa hukmee bakhsees ik hukmee sadaa bhavaa-ee-ah.
By Hukam some receive blessings, and some keep wandering.
ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਹੁਕਮ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
Hukmai andar sabh ko baahar hukam na ko-e.
Everyone is within Hukam — no one is outside it.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਜੇ ਬੁਝੈ ਤ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੨॥
Naanak hukmai je bujhai ta haumai kahai na ko-e. ॥2॥
Says Nanak: whoever truly understands Hukam stops speaking in ego. ॥2॥
✦ The Gurmukhi shown is the original Gurbani. The transliteration and English meaning are a simple, kid-friendly rendering for learning — under review, not a replacement for the original bani.
Words to know
4 words from this stanza
ਹੁਕਮੀ
Hukmee
By the Hukam; by God's command
ਆਕਾਰ
Aakaar
Forms; shapes (all that is created)
ਵਡਿਆਈ
Vadiaa-ee
Greatness; honour
ਹਉਮੈ
Haumai
Ego; the feeling of 'me and mine'
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Activities for this stanza
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