That Bride Who Is Absorbed into the True Guru Shall Never Become a Widow
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
That bride who is absorbed into the True Guru shall never become a widow.
Her Husband Lord is Beautiful. His Body is forever fresh and new. The True One does not die and shall not go.
He continually enjoys His happy soul-bride. He casts His Glance of Truth upon her, and she abides in His Will.
The never-widow: the bride of the Husband Lord who does not die cannot become widowed. This is the practical consequence of the divine's immortality: the relationship cannot be ended by death — the divine's death is impossible.
Sadaa navatnaa (forever fresh and new) — the same quality Guru Arjan named for the divine: perpetually renewing, never becoming stale or familiar in the diminishing sense. Each encounter with the divine is as fresh as the first. The soul-bride who has found this never finds the bloom going off the relationship.
What is the difference between something that stays fresh over time versus something that becomes stale? What makes the difference? What qualities produce lasting freshness?
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