Sikh Art by Sewa Singh – SikhPhotos.com.
Benti Chaupai is one of the daily banis (Sikh prayers) prescribed by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, to help Sikhs raise their consciousness and bring balance into their lives. Benti Chaupai was written by Guru Gobind Singh. Most Sikhs recite Benti Chaupai in the morning. Benti Chaupai is also contained in full in Rehras Sahib, the Sikh evening bani (prayer).
Like the other banis of Guru Gobind Singh, it appears in the Dasam Granth.
This bani corresponds to the water element or tattva.
Benti Chaupai is Guru Gobind Singh’s personal prayer for protection. It takes care of everything from beginning to end.
Benti Chaupai Sahib opens with the following verses:
O Lord, protect me with Your Hand, thus my heart’s desire be fulfilled. May my mind ever seek the refuge of Your Feet, and You sustain me as Your very Own.(1)
Lord! destroy all my enemies [diseased passions, instincts, impulses, evil thoughts, etc.] and protect me with Your Hand. Thus make my house-hold [mind], servants and followers [intellect and varied other organs]] rest in peace. (2)
Access Benti Chaupai in Gurmukhi and Transliteration and English from SikhNet
Listen to Benti Chaupai on YouTube
~Resources: Sikh Spiritual Practice: The Sound Way to God (2010) by Siri Kirpal Kaur, “Tools to Elevate our Consciousness” (Sikh Dharma International) and “Benti Choupai” (SikhNet).
Note: For those who would like to begin a personal practice of Sikh banis and prayers, our marketplace has a Gurmukhi-Roman Nitnem available that contains Benti Chaupai and other Sikh banis for daily recitation, as well as the Peace Lagoon with English translation of Sikh prayers and banis.
