Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 4), Salok 125 — the heart-lotus opens
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The sweet nectar of the Naam is in the True Guru; the Guru speaks the nectar and helps others speak it too.
Through the Guru's teaching, the Naam is pure; remember the pure Naam.
The nectar-Word is the very heart of things; it comes to live in the mind of one who faces the Guru.
The heart, like a lotus, blossoms open, and one's light melts into the great Light.
Nanak says: the One unites with the True Guru those who have that destiny written on their foreheads from the beginning.
The nectar of the Naam lives in the True Guru, and taking it in opens the heart like a lotus.
Amrit naam is the sweet nectar of the Naam; nirmal, pure; tat, the very heart of things. Hirdai kamal pargaasi-aa: the heart-lotus blossoms, folded shut like a flower at night and then opening. Jotee jot milaa-ay: one's light melts into the Light, like a candle flame joining the daylight.
Dhur mastak bhaag, the destiny written on the forehead, is an old picture for what is given from the beginning.
When have you felt something inside you “open up” to a new understanding?
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