M2:1940 — آبِ رحمت بایدت، رو پست شو / وانگهان خور خمر رحمت، مست شو

This couplet follows directly from the one before it, which states a law of nature: "Wherever there is lowliness, water flows there." Rumi now applies this physical principle to the spiritual life. The "water of Mercy" (āb-e raḥmat) is divine grace, which, like water, cannot reach a soul puffed up with pride and self-importance. The seeker must first become "low" (past)—that is, humble, empty of ego, and aware of their own neediness—to create a vessel that grace can fill.

The second line extends the metaphor. Once this divine mercy is received, it is not meant to be analyzed or hoarded but experienced fully. Rumi calls it the "wine of Mercy" (khamr-e raḥmat), a drink that brings spiritual intoxication (mastī). This state is not one of sinful drunkenness but of ecstatic self-forgetfulness, where the rational, calculating self is dissolved in the overwhelming joy of divine presence. The command is to move from a state of seeking (humility) to a state of complete absorption (ecstasy).