Sikhism·Raag Gauree·Shabad 137
Verse 3 of 5

Company Singing Leaves No Room for Fear

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਕਛੁ ਭਉ ਨ ਭਰਾਤੀ ॥
saaDhsang kachh bha-o na bharaatee.
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, there is no fear or doubt.
ਗੁਣ ਗੋਪਾਲ ਗਾਈਅਹਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ॥੨॥
gun gopaal gaa-ee-ah din raatee. ||2||
The Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung there, day and night. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

In the company of good and true-hearted people, fear and doubt have no room to grow. Together we sing what is beautiful about the One, morning and night, and the singing fills the space where worry used to live.

Good company singing together leaves no room for fear or doubt.
The deeper layer

Where good people gather to sing, there is no room left for fear.

Saadhsang kachh bha-o na bharaatee — in the company of the holy, there is no fear and no doubt. The saadh sangat is the company of sincere, seeking hearts. Guru Arjan comes back to it again and again. It is the community that steadies each person in it.

Gun gopaal gaa-ee-ah din raatee — there, the good qualities of the One are sung day and night. Where such people gather in praise, bha-o, fear, and bharaatee, doubt, simply find no place to stand. Think of singing together in the car on a dark, rainy drive. Somehow the storm feels smaller.

A Question to Sit With

When has being with the right people made a worry feel smaller?

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