Let the Word Trickle Through You Like Cool Moonlight
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Monday: imagine a cool, sweet nectar trickling down inside you, like moonlight turned to water.
The moment you taste it, whatever was troubling or poisoning your heart is gently washed clean away.
Held safe and steady by the beautiful Word, the mind stops running out the doors and stays home. Drinking that sweetness, it grows glad and light, quietly filled with joy.
somvaar (Monday, the moon’s day — som/sas = moon): sas amrit jharai — amrit (nectar) trickles from the moon. chaakhat bayg sagal bikh harai — tasting it, all bikh (poison — read as inner trouble/harm) is instantly removed. banee roki-aa rahai du-aar — held by Banee (the sacred Word), the mind “stays at the door” — stops leaking outward. ta-o man matvaaro peevanhaar — then the man (mind) becomes matvaaro (joyfully intoxicated, glad) as it drinks. The moon-day naturally carries the moon-nectar image; bikh is gentled from “poison” to inner trouble washed clean.
What is something that calms and refreshes your heart when it feels troubled?
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