Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Wisdom and deep stillness are called gifts of the One; before such a person the demons turn pale.
They taste the honey of the One's lotus, and stay awake — they do not fall asleep.
The verse names wisdom and meditation as gifts (not achievements), and pictures "the demons" — the inner adversaries — "turned white," drained of power, before one so given. The reward is sensory and sweet: "the honey of God's lotus." And the recurring watchword: "he remains awake, and does not fall asleep." Spiritual sleep is forgetting; wakefulness is the tasted sweetness that keeps a person present. The one who tastes the honey has a reason to stay awake.
What sweetness, once tasted, makes you not want to 'fall asleep' and forget it?
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