The Only Nectar Worth Tasting

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥

salok mehlaa 2.

Shalok, Second Mehl:

ਜਿਨ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਤੇ ਰਤੇ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥

jin vadi-aa-ee tayray naam kee tay ratay man maahi.

Those who are blessed with the glorious greatness of Your Name - their minds are imbued with Your Love.

ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥

naanak amrit ayk hai doojaa amrit naahi.

O Nanak, there is only One Ambrosial Nectar; there is no other nectar at all.

ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਮਨੈ ਮਾਹਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

naanak amrit manai maahi paa-ee-ai gur parsaad.

O Nanak, the Ambrosial Nectar is obtained within the mind, by Guru's Grace.

ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹੀ ਪੀਤਾ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਕਉ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਆਦਿ ॥੧॥

tin^Hee peetaa rang si-o jin^H ka-o likhi-aa aad. ||1||

They alone drink it in with love, who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Those blessed with the greatness of Your Naam find their whole mind soaked in Your love. Nanak says: there is only one nectar, one sweetness that fills you, and there is no other like it.

Nanak says: you find this nectar within your own mind, by the Guru's grace. Those who drink it drink it with love, as if their hearts had been waiting for it all along.

The one sweetness that fills you is already inside you, tasted by the Guru's grace.

The deeper layer

Shalok, Second Mehl. The one nectar (amrit ayk) is the Name, found within the mind (manai maahi) by the Guru's grace (gur parsaad). Those who drink it with love are the ones whose hearts were ready for it from the start (likhi-aa aad).

A Question to Sit With

What is something you enjoy that leaves you empty afterward — and what fills you?

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