The following are videos of the text of Sukhmani sahib in original Gurmukhi with transliteration and translation in English. The Sukhmani sahib, in two parts on youTube So the day has 4 parts and the night has 4 parts. In the Indian time system, the day is divided into 8 'kharee' literally 'clock' meaning a 3-hour time sector and the hour is also divided into 8 sections of 7.5 minutes each. The stave of each canto gives the gist of the 8 stanzas that follow it. There is also the unity of theme: the perfection of man's mentally, morally and spiritually. Each stanza has ten lines that is, five couplets per stanza. There are 24 cantos, each containing 8 stanzas. The number 24 may symbolically represent each hour of the day. It has 24 staves ( Saloks), one of which begins each canto. It is said by many that listening to or reciting Sukhmani Sahib once a day can change your destiny from misery to prosperity and give you inner balance, grace, radiance, energy and the power to sacrifice. However, many devotees read the bani in several sittings to start with and as their fluency and familiarity with the words increases, they can slowly complete the whole of the “ paath” in one go. It is a long prayer which can take a skilled Gurmukhi reader about 90 minutes to read the whole of the bani. Its sound is tranquillising and soothing and removes stress from the mind it opens your heart to live in gratitude, steadies your spiritual discipline, and connects you with your inner strength, endurance, courage and the infinite consciousness to overcome every obstacle. In whatever form it is recited, it will bring everlasting peace, calmness and comfort to the mind. This unique prayer which, not only can be read just as any other bani but can also be sung with music accompaniment has only one focus - to bring 'Sukh' or peace to the person's mind. This holy bani (hymn) is a treasure of the rarest kind and will bring pure happiness and true bliss for whoever recites it with dedication.

The word 'Sukhmani' means the 'psalm of equipoise' (balanced state) or 'jewel of bliss'. It is said that the Guru wrote it in response to request from a devotee who was suffering from physical pain and mental anguish unsurprisingly, the devotional recital of Sukhmani restored him to good health and a calm and peaceful state of mind.

5 Descendant of Baba Farid, transliterates Sukhmani Sahib.

2 The Sukhmani sahib, in two parts on youTube.

1 'Jewel of bliss,' a spiritual delight.

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