Sikhism·Raag Dhanaasaree·Shabad 115
Verse 4 of 5

The Taste of Endless Joy

ਰਾਮਾ ਭਗਤਿ ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦੁ ਜਾਨੈ ॥
raamaa bhagat raamaanand jaanai.
Raamaanand knows the devotional worship of the Lord.
ਪੂਰਨ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦੁ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥੩॥
pooran parmaanand bakhaanai. ||3||
He says that the Lord is all-pervading, the embodiment of supreme joy. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Some know how to love the One with their whole life. They have tasted it, not just heard about it.

And what they say is simple. The One is everywhere, in everything. To touch that is to touch a joy with no bottom and no end.

The deepest things are known by tasting them, not just hearing about them.
The deeper layer

Those who love the One with their whole life have tasted a joy that never ends.

Raamaa bhagat raamaanand jaanai — Ramanand knows loving devotion to the One. Ramanand was a teacher in the line of saints that Sain belonged to. He knows it from the inside, not secondhand. It is like the difference between reading about mangoes and eating one.

And what does he report? The One is pooran, everywhere and in everything. The One is parmaanand, the highest joy. Knowing here means tasting. All the longing of Dhanaasaree finds its answer in parmaanand.

A Question to Sit With

What is something you can only understand by experiencing it yourself?

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