Sikhism·Raag Dhanaasaree·Shabad 99
Verse 3 of 5

Finding the Sangat Is Great Fortune

ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਭਾਗਿ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਆਵਏ ਜੀਉ ॥
satsangat milai vadbhaag taa har ras aav-ay jee-o.
By great good fortune, one joins the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation; then, one comes to savor the subtle essence of the Lord.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ਤ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਏ ਜੀਉ ॥
an-din rahai liv laa-ay ta sahj samaav-ay jee-o.
Night and day, he remains lovingly focused on the Lord; he merges in celestial peace.
ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਦਾ ਅਤੀਤੁ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ॥
sahj samaavai taa har man bhaavai sadaa ateet bairaagee.
Merging in celestial peace, he becomes pleasing to the Lord's Mind; he remains forever unattached and untouched.
ਹਲਤਿ ਪਲਤਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਜਗ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੀ ॥
halat palat sobhaa jag antar raam naam liv laagee.
He receives honor in this world and the next, lovingly focused on the Lord's Name.
ਹਰਖ ਸੋਗ ਦੁਹਾ ਤੇ ਮੁਕਤਾ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਭਾਵਏ ॥
harakh sog duhaa tay muktaa jo parabh karay so bhaav-ay.
He is liberated from both pleasure and pain; he is pleased by whatever God does.
ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਭਾਗਿ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਆਵਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੩॥
satsangat milai vadbhaag taa har ras aav-ay jee-o. ||3||
By great good fortune, one joins the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and then, one comes to savor the subtle essence of the Lord. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

One of the luckiest things that can happen is finding the Sangat. Then you start to taste how sweet the One is.

Stay lovingly focused, day and night, and you settle into a deep, easy calm.

In that calm you're not yanked around by every passing thing; you feel at home wherever you are, in this world and beyond.

Happy days and hard days both come, and you can stay steady through both, at peace with whatever the flow of existence brings.

The Sangat grows a calm in you that stays steady through good days and hard days.
The deeper layer

Finding the Sangat is great good luck, because it helps you taste the sweetness of the One.

Satsangat milai vadbhaag — by great good fortune, one finds satsangat. Satsangat is the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. Vadbhaag means great fortune. It is like finding friends who make you a better player just by practicing with you. In the Sangat, har ras, the sweet taste of the One, comes.

Sahj samaavai — you settle into natural ease. Harakh sog duhaa tay muktaa — free of both joy and sorrow. This means you are not shaken by either one. Happy days and hard days both come, and you stay steady.

A Question to Sit With

What helps you stay steady when things swing between good and hard?

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