Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In good company I found the One, and now I can't stop singing about it.
Being near loving, humble people rubs off — even the ones who felt far gone are made clean.
Their company changes you, because they've truly met the Maker.
Soaked in the Name, a person is given real life inside, and their gifts keep growing.
Mastering yourself brings a richness truer than money or magic tricks.
It's a lucky thing indeed to find such friends.
The pauri praises sant sangat, the company of the holy, as a transforming force: "applying the dust of the devotees to mind and body, all sinners are sanctified." The humble image of charan dhoor — the dust of others' feet — means treasuring the goodness of others so much you'd bow to it; humility as the doorway to growth. The verse also quietly ranks self-mastery above worldly power: "wealth, the siddhis (magic powers), and the nine treasures come to those who... conquer their own soul." Real riches is inner — mastering yourself is worth more than money or supernatural feats. For a child: the people you spend time with change who you become, so choose the ones whose goodness rubs off — and the greatest power isn't over others, it's over yourself.
Who is someone whose good qualities you'd like to have 'rub off' on you?
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