ਮਾਤਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਰਸ ਮਹਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਕਬਹੂ ਅਉਖੀਵਨਾ ॥੬॥
maati-aa har ras meh raatay tis bahurh na kabhoo a-ukheevanaa. ||6||
Imbued and intoxicated with the sublime essence of the Lord, this experience will never wear off again. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Once the heart is filled with the sweetness of the One,
that joy never wears off; it only deepens.
Some sweetness only deepens instead of fading.
Once the heart tastes the sweetness of the One, the joy never wears off.
Maati-aa means filled up, happily dizzy. Raatay means dyed deep, like cloth soaked in color. Many good feelings fade. A sugar rush ends in a crash. This joy rests on something steady, so it never drops into a low.
Think of a color soaked all the way into a shirt. You can wash it again and again, and it stays.
A Question to Sit With
What kind of happiness lasts, and what kind wears off?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI
Use ← → to navigate