Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Bodies where the Naam of the One does not live are lifeless, like dry, dead ground — and so is the whole world without it.
The Guru lets the water of the Naam drip in, and then the body turns green again, full of life and sweetness.
A dry, lifeless life turns green when the water of the Naam comes.
This is the spring heart of the shabad.
Ih mirtak marhaa sareer hai — without the Name, the body is mirtak, lifeless. The verse speaks of a body where raam naam nahee vasi-aa, where the Name does not live. It is like dry, brown ground.
Then: raam naam gur udak chu-aa-i-aa. Udak means water. The Guru lets the water of the Name drip in. Fir hari-aa ho-aa — it turns green again. Hari-aa means green and alive. Rasi-aa means full of juice and flavour.
Picture a lawn after a hot, dry summer. The first real rain comes, and in a few days it is green again. That is exactly Basant, the spring. The season and the soul both go from brown to green when the water arrives. And the grass never earns the rain. It simply receives it.
Have you ever felt something inside you come back to life, like a plant after rain?
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