O mother, without the Guru, spiritual wisdom is not obtained.
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The body gets tied up in attachment, sickness and sorrow, and so it is drawn into endless circling.
Without the company of the good, it finds no place to rest — where can it go and cry?
The "circling" (reincarnation in the traditional frame; the restless loop of a life in its felt sense) is caused by being "tied up" in attachment and sorrow. And the ache of the verse is homelessness: "finds no place of rest... where should it go and cry?" There is a real loneliness here that the raag takes seriously — the feeling of having nowhere to lay down your burden. And the answer the verse points to is not a technique but a place: the Saadh Sangat, the company of the good, which is the one place the restless soul can finally rest. Belonging, not method, ends the wandering.
Where do you go when you need to set down something heavy? Why does having such a place matter so much?
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