Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You can only really speak of this once you have known it yourself.
Only that person has actually tasted the sweetness.
You can only really talk about something once you have tasted it.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line at the center of the shabad. Karay vakhi-aan jaanai jay ko-ee — a person can truly speak of this only when they know it. Amrit peevai so-ee — that person alone drinks the amrit, the sweet nectar.
Think of a friend describing a mango to you. It helps a little. But once you bite into a real mango, you know. Knowing about the One is not the same as being close to the One. Raag Maajh teaches this too, with the idea of Har Ras, the sweet taste of the One. Only someone who has tasted can really tell of it.
What is something you only really understood after you experienced it, not just heard about it?
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