Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The beautiful Name is like sweet nectar, and wise teaching is the cup that lets you drink it.
Being puffed-up and greedy is like swallowing something that makes you sick — but the sweetness of the Name clears it right out.
A heart that had gone dry and tired comes back to life when it remembers the One, the way a wilted plant perks up after rain.
This is a gift, given ahead of time, before you even asked.
This one says the Name is like a drink that brings a dry heart back to life.
The verse sets two things side by side. Amrit har har naam hai — the Name is amrit, the nectar of life. Ha-umai maa-i-aa bikh hai — pride in Maya is bikh, poison.
Maya does not mean "money is bad." It means the forgetting that makes us puffed-up and grabby. And the nectar does more than add something good. It clears the poison right out.
Man sukaa hari-aa ho-i-aa — the dry mind turns green again. Think of a plant on a windowsill that was forgotten for a week. Its leaves hang down. Give it water, and by the next morning it stands up green. Remembering the One does that for a heart that has gone dry.
The last line says this blessing was written ahead of time. That is grace, already prepared for us. It is a gift given before we even asked.
When have you felt tired and dried-out inside, and something small brought you back to life?
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