Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whoever has tasted the essence of the One is fully satisfied, wanting nothing more. Whoever has tasted that flavor does not wobble or get knocked off balance anymore — they are steady. And this Name comes to the one who carries the good fortune for it, as if it were written right there on their forehead.
This pauri adds a crucial new effect of the ras: steadiness. Jin har ras paaiaa so tripat aghaanaa — "whoever gained the har ras is tripat aghaanaa (satisfied, filled to the brim)," repeating the fulfillment theme. But then the new gift: jin har saad paaiaa so naahi dulaanaa — "whoever gained the saad (flavor) of the One naahi dulaanaa — does not waver, does not wobble, is not shaken."
This is a profound and practical point. The world's pleasures, even when they satisfy for a moment, leave you unsteady — chasing the next one, anxious about losing them, thrown off balance by every gain and loss. But the one who has tasted the Name's sweetness stops wavering. Why? Because they are full — there is nothing more to chase, so nothing can shake them by being offered or withdrawn. Sahaj — the unshaken equilibrium of a settled soul — is the fruit of this taste. The satisfied heart is the steady heart. You cannot be knocked off course by wanting when the wanting itself has ended.
The verse closes with the language of grace-as-destiny: tiseh paraapat har har naamaa jis mastak bhaageethaa — "the Name comes to the one on whose mastak (forehead) bhaag (good fortune) [is written]." The image of fortune "written on the forehead" can sound like fixed fate, but in the project's lens it points to grace — the Name is not seized by effort but given, arriving as if it were always meant to. Read alongside the previous verse (where the condition was letting the Word dwell within), the two are not contradictory: grace and the open heart meet. The "good fortune on the forehead" is the receiving end of the gift; making the heart a home for the Word is the welcoming of it. The steady, unwavering soul is the one in whom grace and openness have come together — filled, satisfied, and no longer shaken by anything.
The verse says whoever tastes the One "does not waver." When you feel truly content, are you easier to shake or harder? What makes you wobble most — and what steadies you?
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