Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 79
Verse 5 of 5

When You Are Sweet Within, the World Blossoms

ਬਨਸਪਤਿ ਮਉਲੀ ਫਲ ਫੁਲ ਪੇਡੇ ॥
banaspat ma-ulee fal ful payday.
All the vegetation will blossom forth for you, flowering in fruition;
ਇਹ ਰਸ ਰਾਤੀ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਛੋਡੇ ॥
ih ras raatee bahur na chhoday.
imbued with this sublime essence, you shall never leave it again.
ਆਨ ਨ ਰਸ ਕਸ ਲਵੈ ਨ ਲਾਈ ॥
aan na ras kas lavai na laa-ee.
No other sweet and tasty flavors can compare to it.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਭਏ ਹੈ ਸਹਾਈ ॥੪॥੧੫॥੮੪॥
kaho naanak gur bha-ay hai sahaa-ee. ||4||15||84||
Says Nanak, the Guru has become my Support. ||4||15||84||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Taste this, and it's as if the whole living world blossoms for you — every plant flowering, bearing fruit.

Once you're soaked in this sweetness, you never want to leave it; no other flavor even comes close. The teaching itself has become my helper and friend.

When your inner life is sweet, the whole world seems to blossom.
The deeper layer

When you are sweet inside, the whole world seems to bloom.

Banaspat maulee fal ful payday — all the plants burst into flower and fruit. For the one soaked in this ras, this sweetness, the world itself blossoms. Ih ras raatee bahur na chhoday — once colored by it, you never leave it. Aan na ras kas lavai na laa-ee — no other flavor comes close.

Kaho naanak gur bha-ay hai sahaa-ee — Nanak says, the Guru has become my helper.

Think of a morning when you wake up truly happy. The same street looks brighter. The birds sound louder. The blooming world is the outside sign of a sweetness inside. To a heart that is full, everything looks alive.

A Question to Sit With

When you feel truly content inside, how does the world around you start to look different?

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