Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The True Amrit rains and rains — and falls into the mouths of those turned toward the Guru.
Their minds stay forever green, and with effortless ease they sing His praises.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. It paints the loveliest weather: nectar falling like rain.
Amrit sachaa varasdaa — the true nectar keeps raining. It is not kept in any one person's jar, or handed out only on certain days. The sky is open over everyone. The only difference is whether your mouth is turned up to drink. Think of kids running out in the first rain with their faces tipped up to the sky. Gurbani also speaks of a bowl turned upside down that catches no rain. Here that bowl is a face.
What does the drinking do? Man sadaa haree-aavlaa — the mind stays green forever. It is green like the woods after the monsoon rains. Such a mind stays in leaf through every season, because its water does not depend on the world's weather.
What keeps your mind green — and have you been standing where that rain falls?
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