Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sometimes you bloom with joy. Sometimes you grieve. Sometimes you laugh, and sometimes you cry.
Sometimes you are covered in the dirt of pride. Other times you wash it clean in good company.
Every life has ups and downs, even a life close to the One. kab hasno kab ro-ee-ai — sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry.
The verse names joy and grief, laughter and tears. It names pride, and the washing off of pride. It does not pretend a good life is always calm. Think of the ocean. Waves rise and fall, but the sea is still there.
The verse also says where the washing happens. saaDhoo sang Dho-ee-ai — pride is washed off in the Saadh Sangat, the company of good people. That is where it gets rinsed away, again and again, through all the ups and downs.
Through your own ups and downs, where do you go to get 'rinsed clean'?
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