Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the teaching has not been tasted yet, words can come out flat and a little sour, and things keep going wrong in small, tiring ways.
A lot of that comes from patterns set long ago — habits worn deep. They feel hard to shake. But tasting the teaching, letting the Name become sweet to you, is exactly what begins to change the pattern.
sabdai saad na aa-i-o = the Shabad's flavor not yet tasted. rasnaa fikaa = insipid, flavorless speech. pa-i-ai kirat kamaavanaa = acting by ingrained past karma or habit; ko-ay na maytanhaar is softened — no one else can erase it, but tasting the Name is what reshapes it. Hope-forward.
What is a habit you have had so long it feels like just how you are — and might not have to be?
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