Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The saints of the One, the saints, are noble and good. Meeting those humble saints, the dirt on me is washed away.
All my wrongdoing and ego is washed right out, the way soap washes dirty clothes clean.
Time with the One's saints washes away ego and wrongdoing, the way soap cleans cloth.
Mil sant janaa mal lahee-aa means "meeting the humble saints, the dirt is washed off." Ha-umai durat means "ego and wrongdoing." Ha-umai is ego: the feeling of being a separate self, cut off from everything else.
The soap-and-cloth picture treats ego as a stain that comes out in the wash. A shirt is still a good shirt under the mud. Washing shows it again.
When has spending time with someone left you feeling lighter and clearer?
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