Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 325
Verse 4 of 4

You Know the One When Heart and Word Are Full of It

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜਾਨੈਗਾ ਸੋਇ ॥
kaho kabeer jaanaigaa so-ay.
Says Kabir, he alone knows this,
ਹਿਰਦੈ ਰਾਮੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਰਾਮੈ ਹੋਇ ॥੩॥੨੯॥
hirdai raam mukh raamai ho-ay. ||3||29||
whose heart is filled with the Lord, and whose mouth is also filled with the Lord. ||3||29||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Kabir says, only one kind of person truly understands this.

It is the one whose heart is full of the Beloved. Their words carry the Beloved too.

You truly know the One when your heart and your words are both full of it.
The deeper layer

Kabir says the one who truly knows the One has a heart full of the One, and words full of the One too.

He ends by joining the inside and the outside. Knowing the One is not a fact you memorize for a test. It lives in the hirdai, the heart, when the heart is full. And it shows in the mukh, the mouth, when the mouth speaks it. Hirdai raam mukh raamai ho-ay — Raam, the One, in the heart, and Raam on the lips.

Think of a friend who says "I love you" and truly means it. The words and the heart match. When what fills you and what you say are the same, you have understood.

A Question to Sit With

When do your words match what is really in your heart?

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