ਜਪਿ ਜਪਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਭਇਆ ਅਨੰਦਾ ॥
jap jap naam man bha-i-aa anandaa.
Chanting and meditating on the Naam, my mind becomes blissful.
ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਿੜਾਇਆ ਰਸਿ ਗਾਏ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
sat sat satgur naam dirhaa-i-aa ras gaa-ay gun parmaanandaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The True Guru has implanted the True Name of the True Lord within me; I sing His Glorious Praises, and taste the supreme ecstasy. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Chanting and dwelling on the Name, my mind fills with bliss.
The True Guru has planted the True Name within me; I sing the praises and taste the highest joy.
Joy that is tasted, not just thought about, comes when the Name is planted in you.
The Pause gives the result and the source: bliss from chanting, and the Name "implanted" by the Guru (cf. Shabad 49, devotion implanted). The joy is tasted — "the supreme ecstasy" — the Har Ras of contact, not the dry knowledge of theory.
A Question to Sit With
What is a joy you have actually tasted, not just heard described?
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