Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Come, companions — let us join together in the One.
Listening to the One's teaching, gather the profit of the Name.
Be kind to me, One, and lead me to the teacher; meeting the teacher, a sincere longing for the One wells up in me.
"Come, O companions — let us unite" — devotion here is not solitary but communal, an invitation. Guru Ram Das keeps calling others in: come, let us do this together. This is the heart of Sat Sangat — the path is walked in company, and part of the joy is the calling-in of friends. And the beautiful phrase that recurs through this shabad: a "sincere yearning wells up" (birhaa, longing). Notice it wells up — it is not forced or manufactured; when the meeting with the teacher happens, longing rises on its own, like a spring. The deepest desire for the One is itself a gift that surfaces when the conditions are right.
Why is it often easier and more joyful to seek something good together with others than all alone?
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