We have all felt it from time to time...the sinking feeling in your heart that lets you know you've arrived at a place of sadness. Depression. What once was shiny and new for you is suddenly filled with pockmarks of worry. Am I good enough? Do I love my life? Do I love myself? Doubt swirls around you like a windstorm and leaves you disoriented and disheveled. You hardly know which way is up.
There was a time in my life when I didn't know what I wanted, but I knew that where I was wasn't it. I was miserable in my job, incredibly stressed out, unhealthy, and in a terrible relationship. I would cry when I woke up. I actually greeted each day with tears. I hadn't yet found Kundalini Yoga and mantra, and I knew more than anything I needed something that would help me. A trail of circumstances lead me to a Snatam Kaur CD called "Shanti", which I sceptically began to listen to. When I got to the second track, "Dayndaa Day", almost immediately I felt the cloud of darkness lift. Warmth and light streamed into my heart and the tears were no longer from sadness. It started me on my path as a Kundalini Yogi and into a life of joy, and it is a mantra that I reach for even now, whenever the clouds threaten to block out the light.
Dayndaa Day is the start of a line within the mantra Gaavai Ko Taan, and all of these powerful words are from the holy prayer of Japji. The energy in Japji is both powerful and subtle and works in a million different ways upon you. The mantra Gaavai Ko Taan, according to Yogi Bhajan, "transforms insufficiency into sufficiency, turns depression into elevation, and transforms low self-esteem into complete self-confidence."
And who doesn't need some more of all that?
Gaavai ko taan, hovai kisai taan
Gaavai ko daat, jaanai neeshaan
Gaavai ko gun vadeeaa-eeaa chaar
Gavvai ko vidiaa vikham veechaar
Gaavai ko saaj karay tan khayh
Gaavai ko vaykhai haadara hadoor
Kath kath kathee, kotee kot kot
Dayndaa day lainday thak paaeh
Listen to versions of Gaavai Ko Taan (Dayndaa Day) on these albums by Snatam Kaur and Wah!
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Shanti is one of my very favorite Snatam CD’s. I am using five of the songs on there during my 40 day Japji. The mantras are so beautiful, uplifting and transforming and Dayndaa day is one of my favorites. Her voice just transports you, these mantras and music are just life changing. I feel so connected with God and my soul, more so than I ever have before. We are so blessed that she has shared these mantras with us through her music.
Hello,
I have Guru Raj Kaur Khalsa’s Japji version and in it, neeshan is spelled as neesan and it doesn’t have the h sound and sounds like Nissan like the car. In Snatam Kaur’s version of this pauri, I hear the h sound. Which is the correct one or are these both the correct way to say the word?
Thanks