Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some love is so deep that you simply cannot imagine being without it — that is the love for what is truly real.
When you meet a true guide, you find the whole, complete One, and your very words start to taste sweet with that joy.
Only two lines, but they carry a lot: tis bin rahan na jaa-ee — "without Him, I cannot even survive." This is not clingy dependence but the recognition that the deepest love becomes as necessary as breath. The image har ras rasan rasaa-ee — "the tongue enjoys the sublime essence" — is one of Gurbani's favorite pictures of remembrance as taste: the Name is not an idea to think but a sweetness to savor. Short Shaloks like this one act as quiet hinges between the longer stanzas of the Vaar.
Is there someone or something you love so much you can hardly imagine your life without it? What makes that love so deep?
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