Sikhism·Raag Aasaa·Shabad 100
Verse 1 of 5

In the Right Company, the Restless Mind Stops Wandering

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:
ਦੂਖ ਰੋਗ ਭਏ ਗਤੁ ਤਨ ਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥
dookh rog bha-ay gat tan tay man nirmal har har gun gaa-ay.
Pain and disease have left my body, and my mind has become pure; I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har.
ਭਏ ਅਨੰਦ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗਿ ਅਬ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਕਤ ਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥
bha-ay anand mil saaDhoo sang ab mayraa man kat hee na jaa-ay. ||1||
I am in bliss, meeting with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and now, my mind does not go wandering. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The pain and sickness have left my body, and my mind has come clean; I sing the praises of the One.

I am in bliss, meeting the company of the holy, and now my mind no longer wanders.

In the right company, the restless mind finally stops wandering — and that is its own kind of healing.
The deeper layer

A song of relief: "pain and disease have left my body, and my mind has become pure." The healing comes through the Saadh Sangat (the company of the holy), and its sign is a mind that "does not go wandering" — the restlessness finally stilled in good company.

A Question to Sit With

Whose company leaves you calmer and more settled than when you arrived?

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