2nd Pauree of Japji Sahib

hukumi hovan aakkar hukum na kehaya jaai
- Only as per the instructions and order of the almighty, all the elements of the nature take different shapes and sizes. Every element in this universe like mountains, birds, human beings, plants have their distinct and unique features in terms of shapes, size, behaviour, etc. Everything carries its own significance and has its own limits.
- the command/order of the almighty is so huge that it is not possible to describe it (hukum na kehaya jaai) but still lets try to describe it in some way/

- Science has progressed to a great extent but even today it has not been able to create blood, still today it takes blood from different people and stores it in blood banks, in short it has to be believed that everything whatever happens in this world is with his order and with his wish.


hukumi hovan jee hukam mille vadi-aa-ee
- every soul is created by his command, and only by his command and wish a soul attains glory or becomes great.
Amongst every kind of species in this universe, you will find that some are really good and some are really bad. For example amongst stones diamonds are adored and admired but others are wandering around and do not carry as much significance/value. Flowers are of humongous types but rose and lotus are the ones which are loved by everyone.In birds, Cuckoo has a honey sweet voice and all love to hear it but if a crow speaks people hate it and will try to scare it away. In animals Cow is said to have a saintly nature and is treated holy but dog/pigs are used as a metaphor for bad deeds or. So in this way the almighty has the power to create and destroy souls and to glorify or condemn anyone.

hukum uttam neech hukum likh dukh sukh paayi
- only as per his command some are adored/admired and some are looked upon as downtrodden/low. Only as per his command one gets happiness or grief.
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ekna hukumi bakhsees ek hukumi sada bhavaiye
- As per the command of almighty, some get forgiven and are blessed while some wander aimlessly

hukmai andar sabh ko baahar hukam na ko-ay.
- Fish can only swim from one end of the ocean to the other end of ocean. If it wants to swim outside the ocean/river it cannot do it. So whatever limit or command has been given by almighty, one can only do that much and nothing beyond that. Even if someone is getting killed or doing good deeds it is all with his command and wishes. Nothing beyond his command can be done. No one can do anything without his wishes.

naanak hukmai jay bujhai ta ha-umai kahai na ko-ay.
- One who understand the command of almighty, then ego vanishes, "Main" mith jaandi hai.

about ego, kabeer ji has beautifully said in gurbani "jab lag meri meri kare tab lag kaaj ek nahi saare, jab meeri meeri mith jaaye tab kaj savare aaye". When "I" dies "You" (almighty) is born and then the almighty comes to solve all your problems and issues

- the moral of this pauree is everything is happening by the command of the universal creator, people have this illusion that they are doing or it is happening because of their capabilities but it is just a mental delusion and nothing else. So one who understands this universal truth that no one is capable of doing anything with his capabilities its everything because the almighty is doing it and it is absolutely as per his command then life becomes beautiful