Numerology of the Morning Prayers in Sikh Dharma

108 - Mool Mantar, Root Chant by Guru Nanak Dev Ji
The Mool Mantar, which is at the beginning of the Sikh Holy Scripture, the Shri Guru Granth Sahib, consists of 108 sounds. If you count ੴ (Ik-Ong-Kaar) as two sounds, each ॥ (Double Danda) as two sounds, and the rest as one sound, you should end up with 108 sounds which make up the Mool Mantar or Root Chant. See how even the ॥੧॥ at the end of the Mool Mantar is so important into completing the cycle, silently and subtly through the eyes by simply looking at it, not reading it.

38 + 2 - Jap Ji Sahib, Song of the Soul by Guru Nanak Dev Ji
The ladder of the Song of the Soul, or Jap Ji Sahib, consists of 38 steps with one starting invocation and a destination invocation to complete the cycle of 40. Each step of the Jap Ji begins a cycle of vibration throughout the body which transforms the mind's projection towards infinity. The starting invocation acts as a scissor to cut into the mind, and the destination invocation acts as a seal to keep in the energy creating a full circle of completeness.

199 - Jaap Sahib, Prayer on Truth by Guru Gobind Singh Ji
The Prayer on Truth, or Jaap Sahib, is the second morning prayer of the Sikhs and finishes at an odd number of 199 to balance the Jap Ji's even number of 40. 40 times by 5 is 200, less 1 equals 199. This significance of this is to do with the balance of the energies of Shakti, worldly power, and Bhakti, spiritual or devotional power. Jaap Sahib creates Shakti and Jap Ji creates Bhakti. One unit of Bhakti is equivalent to five units of Shakti, or in other words, for every five units of Shakti will require one unit of Bhakti to balance it out. The 199 being an odd number is significant because there is a danger of Shakti exceeding Bhakti, and therefore this one unit less than 200 acts as a guarantee of equilibrium - its better to have more Bhakti than Shakti!

10 - Tav Prasad Savaiye, Prayer of God’s Blessings by Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Following the odd, must be an even, and the Prayer of God's Blessings or Tav Prasad Savaiye is just this. The number 10 is important because it takes the 1 which represents something or the individual, and brings it to the 0 which represents void or Shuniya. In modern terms, this is the act of taking matter and putting it in a black hole. Similarly, the third ventricle or cave of Brahma, in the brain contains a void or black hole at the pineal gland. The Prayer of God's Blessings takes a human being to this void within the mind and erases their past actions in order to create space for creating a new future.

29 + 2 - Kabiobach Benti Chaupai, Prayer from the Speech of the Poet by Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Following the even, must be an odd, and the Prayer from the Speech of the Poet or Kabiobach Benti Chaupai is just that. Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Master of Light of the Sikhs, carefully constructed this prayer with a penetrating sound pattern that acts to make the mind one-pointed and in that state of mind all suffering, disease, pain, fear and stupidity is removed. Everyone should be aware to read this prayer up to the 29th step, since the last four steps are usually removed in a lot of prayer books or Gutkas, but without these final four steps the energy created by this prayer cannot be sealed within the mind and its effect is lost. The final four steps are:

ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੀ ਹਮ ਪਰ ਜਗਮਾਤਾ ॥ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਕਰਾ ਪੂਰਨ ਸੁਭ ਰਾਤਾ ॥

ਕਿਲਬਿਖ ਸਕਲ ਦੇਹ ਕੋ ਹਰਤਾ ॥ ਦੁਸ਼ਟ ਦੋਖਿਯਨ ਕੋ ਛੈ ਕਰਤਾ ॥ ੨੬ ॥

Kripaa kari ham par jagmaataa || Granth karaa pooran subh raataa ||

Kilbikh sakal deh ko hartaa || Dusht dokhiyan ko chhai kartaa ||26||

The Mother of the world has been kind towards me and I have completed the book this auspicious night; The Lord is the destroyer of all the sins of the body and all the malicious and wicked persons. (26)

ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਸਿਧੁਜ ਜਬ ਭਏ ਦਯਾਲਾ ॥ ਪੂਰਨ ਕਰਾ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਤਤਕਾਲਾ ॥

ਮਨ ਬਾਂਛਤ ਫਲ ਪਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ॥ ਦੂਖ ਨ ਤਿਸੈ ਬਿਆਪਤ ਕੋਈ ॥ ੨੭ ॥

Sri asidhuj jab bhae dayaalaa || Pooran karaa granth tatkaalaa ||

Man baanchhat phal paavai soee || Dookh na tisai biaapat koee ||27||

When Mahakal became kind, He immediately caused me to complete this book; He will obtain the fruit desired by the mind (who will read or listen to this book) and no suffering will occur to him. (27)

ਅੜਿੱਲ ॥

Arhil

ਸੁਨੈ ਗੁੰਗ ਜੋ ਯਾਹਿ ਸੁ ਰਸਨਾ ਪਾਵਈ ॥ ਸੁਨੈ ਮੂੜ੍ਹ ਚਿਤ ਲਾਇ ਚਤੁਰਤਾ ਆਵਈ ॥

ਦੂਖ ਦਰਦ ਭੇੰ ਨਿਕਟ ਨ ਤਿਨ ਨਰ ਕੇ ਰਹੈ ॥ ਹੋ ਜੋ ਯਾਕੀ ਏਕ ਬਾਰ ਚੇੰਪਈ ਕੋ ਕਹੈ ॥ ੨੮ ॥

Sunai gung jo yaahe su rasnaa paavaee || Sunai moorh chit laae chaturtaa aavaee ||

Dookh dard bhau nikath na tin nar ke rahai || Ho jo yaaki ek baar chaupai ko kahai ||28||

The dumb, who will listen to it, will be blessed with the tongue to speak; the fool, who will listen to it attentively, will get wisdom; That person will be absolved of suffering, pain or fear, who will even once recite this Chaupai-prayer. (28)

ਚੇੰਪਈ ॥

Chaoupai

ਸੰਬਤ ਸੱਤ੍ਰਹ ਸਹਸ ਭਣਿੱਜੈ ॥ ਅਰਧ ਸਹਸ ਫੁਨਿ ਤੀਨਿ ਕਹਿੱਜੈ ॥

ਭਾਦ੍ਰਵ ਸੁਦੀ ਅਸ਼ਟਮੀ ਰਵਿ ਵਾਰਾ ॥ ਤੀਰ ਸਤੁੱਦ੍ਰਵ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸੁਧਾਰਾ ॥ ੨੯ ॥

Sanbhat satrah sahas bhanijai || Aradh sahas phun teen kahijai ||

Bhaadrav sudi ashtami ravi vaaraa || Teer satuddrav granth sudhaaraa ||29||

It was Bikrami Samvat 1753; This book was competed on the banks of Sutlej on Sunday, the eighth Sudi of the month of Bhadon. (29)

40 - Anand Sahib, Song of Bliss by Guru Amar Das Ji
Again, following an odd, must be the final even. The Song of Bliss is the seal of all the previous meditations and prayers and is crystallises the mind's learning and explodes a person into the totality of bliss of their own soul. Listening to the 40 steps of the ladder of the Song of Bliss guarantees liberation - it expands a human being's concept and scale of bliss. People should be aware though not to just climb 5 steps of the ladder then jump to the 40th step, which again most prayer books or Gutkas are printed like. Instead, a person should climb only 5 steps or all the 40, otherwise you will fall off the ladder and injure yourself badly! Bliss is a carefully constructed science, it's not a pick and mix unfortunately, although it is much sweeter.

Sat Naam.