MORNING

Shabad Hazare

SHABAD HAZARE, literally ‘Thousand Words’, is recited in the morning, along with the Jap. It is a combination of poetic pieces from different Gurus in different rags or melodic frameworks, which are therefore found in different sections of the Guru Granth. The rag to which each piece is set and the Guru who composed it are indicated in its title (for further details of the organization and reference system of the Guru Granth,
see pp. 25–6).

Through feminine thoughts and feelings, the hymn expresses the yearning for the One, and tells us how to unite with That One. The male Gurus who composed these verses identify with the female and use her acts of dressing and putting on perfume for her lover to fully develop the nuance of intimacy and passion in the human relationship with the Divine.