Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Good company is so powerful that it can turn anyone's life around.
Even a woman the world looked down on was lifted up. She just taught her parrot to say the Name.
Krishna was pleased and touched Kubija, a woman with a bent back. She was lifted all the way to heaven.
This one says: good company is so strong it can turn anyone's life around.
Sangat kaa gun bahut adhikaa-ee — "the goodness of the Sangat is very great." Sangat means good company, people who help you be your best.
Then the verse tells two old stories of unlikely people lifted up. The first is Ganika, a woman the world looked down on. She taught a parrot to say the Name, and she was saved. The second is Kubija, a woman with a bent back. Krishna was pleased and touched her, and she was lifted to heaven.
Neither one was someone others expected much from. Think of a kid everyone ignored, who joins a friendly team and starts to shine. Good company can reach anyone.
How might one good friend help turn someone's whole life around?
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