Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Once you've truly tasted the sweetness of the One, no lesser flavor can grab hold of you anymore. Nothing else can pull you in the same way.
Once you have tasted the sweetness of the One, lesser pleasures lose their pull.
Ras means flavor, juice, delight. Jaa ka-o ras har ras hai aa-i-o — the one who has tasted har ras, the sweetness of the One. So an ras naahee laptaa-i-o — is not caught by an ras, other flavors.
This is not forcing yourself to go without. It is what happens naturally when you find something deeper. Lesser pulls fade, not because they are forbidden, but because something better has been found. Think of eating a ripe mango fresh from the tree. After that, mango-flavored candy doesn't seem so exciting. It is a picture of a satisfied heart, not a starving one.
Has something wonderful ever made a thing you used to crave suddenly seem small?
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