ਸੁਨਹੁ ਲੋਕਾ ਮੈ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
sunhu lokaa mai paraym ras paa-i-aa.
Listen, O people: I have tasted the elixir of love.
ਦੁਰਜਨ ਮਾਰੇ ਵੈਰੀ ਸੰਘਾਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਿਵਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
durjan maaray vairee sanghaaray satgur mo ka-o har naam divaa-i-aa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The evil ones are dead, and my enemies are destroyed. The True Guru has given me the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listen, everyone: I have tasted the elixir of love.
The harmful things in me are dead, my inner enemies destroyed — the true Guru has given me the Name.
Taste something truly good, and the harmful pulls in you start to die on their own.
The Pause announces the turning point: "I have tasted the elixir of love" (the Har Ras). Once the Name is received, the "evil ones" and "enemies" — the inner passions — simply die. The victory is not won by fighting them but by tasting something better that outgrows them.
A Question to Sit With
What good thing, once you found it, made a bad habit lose its appeal?
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