Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those whose knots the Teacher has untied come to love the company of the wise — the gathering where truth is remembered together.
There the awakened ones meet and sing joyful songs of the One. Among them there is no difference at all — no distance, no us-and-them.
When the Teacher unties our knots, the walls between people fall away too.
Jin kay banDhan kaatay satgur — those whose bonds the True Guru has cut. The bonds are haumai, the separate-self feeling, and clinging. Tin saaDhsangat liv laa-ee — they come to love the Saadh Sangat, the company of the holy.
Panch janaa mil mangal gaa-i-aa — the awakened ones meet and sing songs of joy. Then comes the gem of the verse. Bhayd na bhaa-ee — there is no difference among them, dear ones. Once the curtain of haumai lifts, the us-and-them it made falls away. Think of a choir. Each voice is different, yet inside the song no one is left outside.
The shabad's problem was separation. Its cure is separation melting away in shared song.
When have you felt so connected with a group — singing, playing, or working together — that the differences between you stopped mattering?
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