You're Never Alone; Always in Company That Sees You

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

aasaa mehlaa 5.

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਕਮਾਇਅੜੋ ਸੋ ਆਇਓ ਮਾਥੈ ॥

din raat kamaa-i-arho so aa-i-o maathai.

Those actions you perform, day and night, are recorded upon your forehead.

ਜਿਸੁ ਪਾਸਿ ਲੁਕਾਇਦੜੋ ਸੋ ਵੇਖੀ ਸਾਥੈ ॥

jis paas lukaa-id-rho so vaykhee saathai.

And the One, from whom you hide these actions - He sees them, and is always with you.

ਸੰਗਿ ਦੇਖੈ ਕਰਣਹਾਰਾ ਕਾਇ ਪਾਪੁ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥

sang daykhai karanhaaraa kaa-ay paap kamaa-ee-ai.

The Creator Lord is with you; He sees you, so why commit sins?

ਸੁਕ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਕੀਜੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੀਜੈ ਨਰਕਿ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਜਾਈਐ ॥

sukarit keejai naam leejai narak mool na jaa-ee-ai.

So perform good deeds, and chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord; you shall never have to go to hell.

ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਿਮਰਹੁ ਚਲੈ ਤੇਰੈ ਸਾਥੇ ॥

aath pahar har naam simrahu chalai tayrai saathay.

Twenty-four hours a day, dwell upon the Lord's Name in meditation; it alone shall go along with you.

ਭਜੁ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਦਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਿਟਹਿ ਦੋਖ ਕਮਾਤੇ ॥੧॥

bhaj saaDhsangat sadaa naanak miteh dokh kamaatay. ||1||

So vibrate continually in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, and the sins you committed shall be erased. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Everything you do, day and night, leaves its mark — and the One you might try to hide it from is right beside you, seeing it all with love.

So do good, keep the One in mind — the good you carry is the only thing that travels with you.

You're never alone — always in kind company that sees you — so honesty and goodness come naturally.

The deeper layer

The shabad makes a striking point about honesty: the One you'd hide your actions from — He sees them, and is always with you. This could sound like being watched, but the tone is love, not surveillance: you are never alone, always accompanied, and the One who sees you also cares for you. And the practical upshot is gentle: so do good deeds — not out of fear, but because goodness is the one thing that goes with you. When you know you're always in kind company, honesty becomes natural: there's no point hiding from someone who loves you and already knows.

A Question to Sit With

Does knowing someone kind is always with you make it easier to do the right thing?

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