ਪੰਚ ਸਖੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਰੁਦਨੁ ਕਰੇਹਾ ॥
panch sakhee mil rudan karayhaa.
The five companions will lament together.
ਸਾਹੁ ਪਜੂਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਣਵਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਲੇਖਾ ਦੇਹਾ ॥੪॥੧॥੩੪॥
saahu pajootaa paranvat naanak laykhaa dayhaa. ||4||1||34||
When the soul is trapped, prays Nanak, it is called to account. ||4||1||34||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the soul is caught, those five companions will all start wailing.
And then, prays Nanak, the soul is called to account.
The voices that egg you on now won't be there to answer for you later.
At the end, the five companions "lament" — they cannot follow where the soul goes; their loud companionship turns out to be useless at the threshold. And the soul "is called to account." This is not a threat so much as a clarifying truth: live now in a way you would not dread answering for, because the five who urged you on will not be there to answer with you.
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