True Story – Hukamnama is Conversation with Guru Granth Sahib Ji!

Once a 17-year-old girl who was addicted to cocaine came forward and asked, “Can Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj forgive my past sins, and put me on the path in the future?”. When the Hukamnama Sahib was taken, Guru Sahib answered said:

ਪਿਛਲੇ ਅਉਗੁਣ ਬਖਸਿ ਲਏ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਗੈ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਪਾਵੈ ॥2॥
Please forgive my past actions, God, and place me on Your path for the future. ||2||
This can also be interpreted as: “I have forgiven your past sins, and I put you on the future.”

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On another tour when Bhai Sukha Singh was in America someone came up to him and asked, “Can Guru Granth Sahib ji talk? He said, “Let’s go to Guru Granth Sahib”. The man said, “I want to hear Guru Granth Sahib ji say that they can speak. It if doesn’t come up in the Hukamanma then think about what I’m saying”. Bhai Sukha Singh thought, “Ok my job is done, Guru ji it is up to you to take care of this from here”. The man wasn’t a bad person; he just misunderstood what the Guru Granth Sahib Ji is. He thought it is a book with some spiritual understandings.

No, Guru Granth Sahib Ji is spirituality. It is not a prophet. It is the message. It is the voice. So they did an Ardaas and received a Hukam. After the first line came up, the man put his head down. Not with shame but with sharda (belief), with satkar (respect). And it was

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਗਲਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਮਸਲਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਮਾਰੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਨਿਤ ਸਾਰਾ ॥

My conversation is with the Lord’s Name, and my counseling is with the Lord’s Name; the Lord’s Name always takes care of me.

Which can be interpreted as, “ You can speak to me. You can ask my advice. It is the Name of God that looks after me.

So when we take a Hukamnama Sahib, it’s that it’s just a random Shabad that may or may not be applicable. It is a direct message to you.

Message by Bhai Sukha Singh Ji

~ Source: Sikhnet