Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whoever has actually tasted the Word knows the true flavor; the Name comes to live in the mind.
The One is forever and everywhere —
at once nearer than near, and far beyond reach.
This one holds two big ideas: you know the One by tasting, and the One is both near and far.
First, tasting. Sabad chaakhai saachaa saad paa-ay — whoever tastes the Word gets the true flavor. You can read all about mango, but you only really know it once it is in your mouth. The sweetness of the One, the Har Ras, is like that.
Second, aapay nayrhai aapay door — He Himself is near, and He Himself is far away. The One lives inside you, closer than your own breath. The same One is also beyond anything you could ever reach or hold.
These do not fight each other. Together they are the whole truth. Think of the sky. It touches your face as air, and it also stretches past every star.
Can something be a total mystery and completely familiar to you at the same time?
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