Book I / IV – (i)

Hari Ras: What It is

Hari Ras is the same as Naam or Anhad Bani. A touch with the Hari Ras is a touch with God. Those who do not get a contact with Hari Ras are really unfortunate beings, and can never escape from the sway and the realm of Kal or Death.

How unfortunate they are who do not get Hari Ras and are ever in the clutches of Death. 

Guru Ram Das, Gujri M4

Hari purifies the sinners, a disciplined soul gives contact with Hari Naam, and then one tastes the sweet elixir of life. 

Guru Ram Das, Jaitsri M4

Know ye of the Unending Song through the Word of the Master, and enjoy ye the Hari Naam and the Hari Ras so sweet, oh Nanak! God Himself grants this contact for He is both the Cause and the Effect. 

Guru Amar Das, Ramkali M3

By tasting the Hari Ras ye know the Reality, oh Nanak! Those who commune with the Naam, they alone live.

Guru Amar Das, Basant M3

It is a long story and an unending tale:

Whomsoever He uplift, He offers this drink, then do they know the unending tale of His. 

Guru Arjan, Gauri M5

Whomsoever the Merciful One shows mercy, He gives the boon of the interminable story, one gets the Hari Ras through the Saints and feels Its exhilarating influence in his body and mind. 

Guru Ram Das, Sarang M4

It is Amrit (the Water of Immortality):

By devotion to the Master, one beholds the Lord, and getting the Water of Life one tastes the Essence of God.

Guru Nanak, Bilawal M1

A rare soul gets to this elixir of life, whosoever drinks of It, escapes death. 

Guru Arjan, Gauri M5