A person bathed in the nectar of Rama never encounters sorrow again. Neither joy nor sorrow, nor emotion nor experience are seen in them.
This couplet beautifully describes the ultimate state of spiritual liberation. The 'nectar of Rama' serves as a profound metaphor for divine grace or deep realization, a spiritual bathing that cleanses the soul. According to Kabir, once the heart is bathed in this grace, the cycles of sorrow are permanently broken. The ultimate emotion is a transcendence of duality, where neither joy nor sorrow holds any power over the self.
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