Verse 6 of 9
Taste Real Goodness and Lesser Flavors Lose Their Pull
ਰਸਨਾ ਸਾਦ ਚਖੈ ਭਾਇ ਦੂਜੈ ਅਤਿ ਫੀਕੇ ਲੋਭ ਬਿਕਾਰੇ ॥
rasnaa saad chakhai bhaa-ay doojai at feekay lobh bikaaray.
The tongue savors the bland, insipid taste of the love of duality, greed and corruption.
ਜੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਦ ਚਖਹਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਾ ਸਭ ਅਨ ਰਸ ਸਾਦ ਬਿਸਾਰੇ ॥੫॥
jo gurmukh saad chakheh raam naamaa sabh an ras saad bisaaray. ||5||
The Gurmukh tastes the flavor of the Lord's Name, and all other tastes and flavors are forgotten. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Leaning only on grabbing and getting leaves a flat, flavorless taste in the heart.
But once you taste real goodness, the lesser flavors are simply forgotten.
Once you taste real goodness, the flat, lesser flavors simply lose their pull.
The verse contrasts flavors: the "love of duality, greed and corruption" is pheekaa — bland, insipid — while "the Gurmukh tastes the flavor of the Name, and all other tastes are forgotten." Once you've tasted the real thing, the lesser things lose their appeal. For a child: once you taste real goodness, the flat, lesser flavors simply lose their pull.
A Question to Sit With
Have you outgrown something once you found something better? What was it?
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