Sukhmani Sahib is the most extraordinary composition of Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. It is documented in Sri Guru Granth Sahib page 262 to 296.
When Guru Sahib Ji heard the cry of a miserable person, he composed this Bani to remove his physical and mental sorrow. Even reciting it cured the deadly stomach ache of Alaim ud Din, the ruler of Lahore. After that, he started reciting it daily.
Sukhmani Sahib has structural unity and has 24 verses eight verses and ten verses of each poem. So let us break down the hollow walls of our religion and start reciting a tremendous and true Bani that every person of every faith can do to achieve the above objectives.
Reading Sukhmani Sahib Ji opens the closed doors of one's heart. Spiritual discipline is created in you, and you are connected with strength, patience, courage, and infinite consciousness. Reciting Sukhmani Sahib Ji once a day gives you inner balance, kindness, light, energy, and courage to make sacrifices.
ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥ ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰ੍ਸਾਦਿ ॥ ਆਦਿ ਗੁਰਏ ਨਮਹ ॥ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਗੁਰਏ ਨਮਹ ॥ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਏ ਨਮਹ ॥ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰਦੇਵਏ ਨਮਹ ॥੧॥ SGGS, Page 262
This means Greetings to (my) greatest (Akal Purakh) who is the beginning of (all), and who is from the beginning of ages. Greetings to (my) Satguru. Greetings to (my) Guru.
ਸੁਖਮਨੀ ਸੁਖ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਮੁ ॥ ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੈ ਮਨਿ ਬਿਸ੍ਰਾਮ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ SGGS, Page 262Peace of Mind, the Nectar of the Name of God. The minds of the devotees abide in a joyful peace.
ਸੁਖਮਨੀ ਸਹਜ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਗੁਨ ਨਾਮ ॥ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਨਿ ਬਸੈ ਸੁ ਹੋਤ ਨਿਧਾਨ ॥ SGGS, Page 295Sukhmani (सुखमनी) is the peaceful ease, the Glory of God, the Naam. When it abides in the mind, one becomes wealthy.
