Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some things you can only understand by tasting them yourself. Once you do, you know — but it is like being someone who can taste honey yet has no words to explain how sweet it is; the wonder just fills you up.
Nanak says: then something changes. You start to see the source of all joy everywhere you look. Singing the One's praises, you quietly become one with the One.
Some things you only know by tasting them.
Jin chaakhi-aa tis aa-i-aa saad — whoever tastes it knows its flavor. Reading about mango is not eating mango. Knowing the One works the same way: through real experience and deep listening, not theory.
Ji-o goongaa man meh bismaad — like a goongaa, a person who cannot speak, whose mind is full of wonder. They know the sweetness but have no words for it. Bismaad means wonder and awe. It is the same feeling inside the word Waheguru, "Wow, the Guru!"
Then: aanad roop sabh nadree aa-i-aa — the source of joy is seen everywhere. That is Ik Onkar, the One in everything, known for real. Singing the One's praises, Nanak samaa-i-aa: he melts into the One, the way a raindrop joins the sea.
What is something you could never explain to someone until they tried it themselves?
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