Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Drinking in the Guru's teaching, the Nectar-Word, a person becomes accepted and known.
And to the one who loves the One's Court and presence, what use is liberation? What use is even paradise?
The one who truly loves wants only the Beloved, not a prize.
Drinking in the Guru's teaching, the Nectar-Word, a person is accepted and known. Then comes a line full of bhakti, loving devotion. Mukat baikunthay karai ki-aa — what use is liberation, or paradise? Mukti, liberation, means being set free from the cycle of birth and death. Baikunth is heaven.
Think of a kid who runs to the door when a parent comes home. They are not running for a present. They just want their parent. The lover does not want the One as a way to reach heaven or freedom. Being near the One is worth more than every reward, even the highest one. Love wants nothing beyond love.
Is there something you love just for itself, not for any reward it brings?
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