Book III / II
Amrit: What It is
From a careful study of the scriptures, we learn that the Water of Life or the Nectar is nothing but the Word or Logos of Christ; Naam or Shabd of the Saints; Kalma of the Muslims; and Nad of the Vedic Rishis.
Amrit is the True Naam (or Word), but It cannot be described in words. He who tastes of It by attuning with the Word is accepted at His Court.
Guru Amar Das, Sri Rag M3
Oh dear self, Amrit is the Hari Naam, and one gets access to It through a Master-Soul.
Guru Ram Das, Bihagra M4
The Word of God is the elixir of life and is a panacea for all the ills of the world; Bhikhan says, it is with the Grace of the Guru that one finds a Way to Salvation.
Bhikhan, Sorath Bihkhan
Master's Word is pure ambrosia, a draught of It quenches all thirst.
Guru Amar Das, Malar War M3
The treasure of the Word is the Water of Life (Amrit), drink ye, my brothers, to your hearts' fill.
Guru Arjan, Gauri War M5
The Way to the Nectarian treasure of Word (Truth) one finds through a Saint, blessed are the Saints who are ever devotedly in tune with It.
Guru Arjan, Ram War M5
Amrit becomes manifest by devotion to the Master, oh Nanak! Shabd is the Nectar of Life, and a rare devotee of the Master partakes of It.
Guru Ram Das, Sorath War M4
The Limitless Song (Anhad Bani) has an ambrosial effect, It lulls both the body and the mind to a quiet repose.
Guru Arjan, Majh M5
Oh Thou who makes manifest the elixir of Bani within, I make an offering of myself to Thee, for Thou hast implanted in me the Amrit Bani (Word) and I remain absorbed in the holy Naam.
Guru Amar Das, Majh M3
Oh God! Wonderful are Thy ways and means, the mind in the gyres canhardly understand them. Thou hast attuned it with the delectable (Amrit) Bani, and the immortal ambrosial Word (Shabd) is now fully manifest.
Guru Amar Das, Majh M3
Those who are proud of Thy Naam are completely saturated with It, oh Nanak! there is but one Amrit (Nectar) and none besides It.
Guru Angad, Sarang War M2
The Naam of Hari is the elixir and a draught of It makes one contented. Oh Nanak! he who drinks of It escapes all delusion.
Guru Amar Das, Malar War M3
Whoever deals in the wealth of Naam lives on the everlasting manna of life.
Guru Arjan, Gauri War M5
The Word of the Master is extremely sweet, such an elixir one finds within, whosoever tastes of It, gets perfected, oh Nanak! such a one remains in perpetual bliss.
Guru Nanak, Parbhati M1
The Word of the Master is the Water of Life, to drink It is to quench all thirst. The mind verily gets drenched in Truth and always remains absorbed in Truth.
Guru Amar Das, Sri Rag M3
The riches of Word (Truth) one gets through the Grace of a Master, blessed are the Saints who are ever in tune with It.
Guru Arjan, Ram War M5
Amrit is often used for Hari (God), Hari Kirtan (the pine Song) and Maha Ras (exhilarating vintage). He alone gets out of desires who engages in the Word. Hari is the fruit of the Tree of Life (Amrit-phal) and is a gift from God.
False are all the designs and colours that we see, a drop of the Water of Life is a blessing that comes from a Sadhu.
Guru Arjan, Majh M5
Hari Naam alone is Amrit; commune ye with It through the grace of a Master, Hari Naam alone is All-pure; a contact with It ends pain and sorrow.
Guru Ram Das, Kanra War M4
A rare soul drinks the cup of pine vintage (Hari Ras), oh Nanak! he gets the reward of the pine Word and thereafter lives by It.
Guru Arjan, Asa M4
I sacrifice my all on Him, who implanted the life-giving Naam in me, the ambrosia of Naam is supremely sweet, one drinks of It by the direction and Will of the Master.
Guru Amar Das, Majh M3
The scriptures tell us that what we call Amrit or the Water of Life is just the same thing as Naam or the Word. A touch with this pine vintage gives God-intoxication:
Those who wholly depend on Thy Naam, are completely dyed in Thy colour, oh Nanak! there is only one exhilarating vintage and no other.
Guru Angad, Sarang War M2
In this age of Kali Yuga, there is no other Wine but of Amrit.
God's Naam is Amrit in the present Kali age, this wealth one may get by devotion to a Sadhu.
Guru Arjan, Ramkali M5