Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The ones who found the company of the true teaching had that good fortune written in them from the start.
Blessed, blessed is the true gathering, where the deep essence of the One is found — meeting the One's humble servant, Nanak, the Name lights up.
The close crowns the Sat Sangat, the true congregation, as the place where "the sublime essence" is found and "the Naam shines forth." Two notes keep it humble: the good fortune was "pre-ordained... written on their foreheads" (grace, not merit), and the Name lights up specifically "meeting His humble servant" — through ordinary company, not spectacle. The block's opening insect becomes, in good company, a place where the Name shines. Smallness plus grace plus company equals light.
What ordinary gathering of people has quietly made you better than you'd be on your own?
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