Sikhism·Raag Dhanaasaree·Shabad 20
Verse 4 of 5

The Fruit-Tree That Ends All Hunger

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਫਲਿਓ ਬਿਰਖੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਜਿਨ ਜਪਿਓ ਸੇ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਨੀ ॥
har har safli-o birakh parabh su-aamee jin japi-o say tariptaanee.
The Name of God, the Lord and Master, Har, Har, is the fruit-bearing tree; those who meditate on it are satisfied.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਸੇ ਸਭ ਲਾਥੀ ਭੂਖ ਭੁਖਾਨੀ ॥੩॥
har har amrit pee tariptaasay sabh laathee bhookh bhukhaanee. ||3||
Drinking in the ambrosia of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I am satisfied; all my hunger and thirst is quenched. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The Name is a tree heavy with fruit; whoever remembers it is filled and satisfied.

Drinking that sweet nectar, every hunger and thirst inside me is finally quieted.

Some hungers are only satisfied from the inside.
The deeper layer

Remembering the One is like a tree full of fruit, and it leaves you full for good.

Har har safli-o birakh — the Name is a tree heavy with fruit. Those who remember it are tariptaanee, satisfied. Picture coming home hungry and finding your favorite meal waiting. You eat, and the wanting stops.

Sabh laathee bhookh bhukhaanee — all hunger and thirst go quiet. This deep contentment is where all the longing in this raag finally arrives. It is not more wanting. It is enough.

A Question to Sit With

What is a hunger in you that food or things can never quite fill?

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