ਜਿਤਨੀ ਭੂਖ ਅਨ ਰਸ ਸਾਦ ਹੈ ਤਿਤਨੀ ਭੂਖ ਫਿਰਿ ਲਾਗੈ ॥
jitnee bhookh an ras saad hai titnee bhookh fir laagai.
The more one feels hunger for other tastes and pleasures, the more this hunger persists.
ਜਿਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਆਪਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੋ ਵੇਚੇ ਸਿਰੁ ਗੁਰ ਆਗੈ ॥
jis har aap kirpaa karay so vaychay sir gur aagai.
Those unto whom the Lord Himself shows mercy, sell their head to the Guru.
ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਭੂਖ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥੪॥੪॥੧੦॥੪੮॥
jan naanak har ras taripti-aa fir bhookh na laagai. ||4||4||10||48||
Servant Nanak is satisfied by the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. He shall never feel hungry again. ||4||4||10||48||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The more you feed your hunger for pleasures, the hungrier you get. But those the One has mercy on hand themselves over to the teacher. And I am satisfied by the Name -- I will never go hungry again.
Feeding a craving only grows it; the Name is the one food that finally satisfies.
The core teaching of craving (Har Ras): appetite grows by feeding. The cure is selling your head to the Guru -- total surrender by grace -- which produces lasting satisfaction. The Name is the one food that ends hunger.
A Question to Sit With
What is a "hunger" that just grows the more you feed it?
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