ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 4.
Aasaa, Fourth Mehl:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਵੇਲਿ ਵਧਾਈ ॥
gurmukh har har vayl vaDhaa-ee.
The vine of the Lord's Name, Har, Har, has taken root in the Gurmukh.
ਫਲ ਲਾਗੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਕ ਰਸਾਈ ॥੧॥
fal laagay har rasak rasaa-ee. ||1||
It bears the fruit of the Lord; its taste is so tasty! ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The vine of the Name has taken root in the one turned toward the Guru.
It bears the fruit of the One — and oh, how sweet its taste!
Plant the Name in a willing heart, and it grows a fruit whose sweetness has to be tasted to be believed.
The vine image returns (cf. Shabad 33): the Name "takes root in the Gurmukh" and "bears the fruit of the Lord." And the emphasis falls on taste — "its taste is so tasty!" — the delighted, almost childlike savoring of the Har Ras, the sweetness of the One that must be tasted to be known.
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