Time for Sukh Nidhan - The Treasure-Trove of Bliss (Cannabis)

ਡੇਢ ਪਹਰ ਜਬ ਦਿਨ ਮਨ ਜਾਨਾ ॥ ਸੁਖ ਨਿਧਾਨ ਕੋ ਸਮਯ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥ ⁣

When there's 4.5 hours left before sunset, its recognized as the time for Sukh Nidhan [the Treasure-Trove of Bliss - Cannabis]. ⁣

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ਦੇਗ ਤਯਾਰ ਕਰ ਭੋਗ ਲਗਾਯੋ ॥ ਪਾਛੇ ਤੇ ਸਭ ਸਿੰਘਨ ਪਾਯੋ ॥ ⁣

[Shahidi] Degh is prepared and then it is Blessed, afterward all the Singhs would consume it.⁣

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This passage speaks to the routine at Takht Hazur Sahib just days after Guru Gobind Singh had left this world. ⁣

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- Gurpadprem Prakash (1880), author: Baba Sumer Singh⁣

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Photo: "They are grinding Cannabis" [translation of fresco]. ⁣