Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
An intellect becomes clear and steady when it drinks in the sweetness of the One — like tasting something so good it settles you completely.
That taste has a way of cleaning the mind and calming it.
Here the numbered verse ||1|| opens and the Rahao follows. Saa mat nirmal — "pure and steady is that intellect" — but note which intellect: the one that has drunk the raam rasaa-in, the sublime essence of the One. In Gurbani, tasting the divine is a favorite image because a taste convinces you in a way arguments never can. The mind is not made pure by force but by being given something better to rest in. Beer here suggests deep, brave, steady drinking-in.
What is something so good that, once you've tasted it, everything else settles into place?
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