Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In good company, a person is lifted up.
He chases after goodness and washes off his sins. Without serving the Guru, deep calm does not come.
Guru Nanak is saying: you rise to the level of the company you keep.
Ootam sangat ootam hovai — in fine company, you become fine. This good company is the Sat Sangat, the gathering of good people who remember the One. It lifts up everyone who comes in. There, a person gun ka-o Dhaavai — runs toward goodness — and washes away what is wrong.
Think of a slow runner who joins a strong team and gets faster just by training beside them. But one more thing is needed: bin gur sayvay sahj na hovai — without serving the Guru, deep calm does not come. Sahj means that steady, peaceful calm.
Whose company lifts you, and whose pulls you down?
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