Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
No one can fully measure the Name — yet through the teaching it quietly comes to live in the heart.
Whoever follows the path finds the taste of it on their own tongue.
Deep practice, discipline, and steadiness all grow from the teaching — and those who hold the Name close become beautiful, welcomed just as they are.
This one says you can't measure the Name from outside; you have to taste it yourself. Raam naam kee gat ko-ay na boojhai — no one can know the full state of the Name. It is known only by living it, when gurmat, the Guru's teaching, settles in the heart. It is like trying to explain the taste of a mango to someone who has never had one. They have to taste it.
A gurmukh, someone who turns toward the Guru, finds the path and tastes that sweetness on their own tongue. Then the verse says jap tap sanjam all come from the Guru. Jap is remembering the Name, tap is hard discipline and sanjam is self-control. They are not separate prizes you collect. They grow out of the teaching.
Last, those who hold the Name close are sohan, beautiful. It is a beauty from the inside. And they are honored at the true door, welcomed just as they are.
What's something you can only really understand by doing it, not by being told?
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