Sikhism·Raag Maaroo·Shabad 159
Verse 4 of 4

You Will Be Carried Across

ਧਰਮ ਰਾਇ ਜਬ ਲੇਖਾ ਮਾਗੈ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਖੁ ਲੈ ਕੈ ਜਾਹਿਗਾ ॥
Dharam raa-ay jab laykhaa maagai ki-aa mukh lai kai jaahigaa.
When the Righteous Judge of Dharma calls for your account, what face will you show Him then?
ਕਹਤੁ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਰੇ ਸੰਤਹੁ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਤਰਿ ਜਾਂਹਿਗਾ ॥੩॥੧॥
kahat kabeer sunhu ray santahu saaDhsangat tar jaaNhigaa. ||3||1||
Says Kabir, listen, O Saints: in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you shall be saved. ||3||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When the Judge of Dharma asks for your account, what face will you show?

Kabir says: listen, holy people, in the Sangat you will be carried across.

In the Sangat, you will be carried across.
The deeper layer

In the Sangat, a person is carried across.

Dharam raa-ay is the Judge of right and wrong in the old stories. Dharam raa-ay jab laykhaa maagai ki-aa mukh lai kai jaahigaa — when he asks for your account, what face will you show? It is an honest question about how you spent what you were given.

Saadhsangat tar jaaNhigaa — in the Sangat, you will be carried across. The Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One — is the boat. Think of a team rowing together: no one has to cross the water alone.

A Question to Sit With

Who lifts your heart toward what's good?

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