ਨਟ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
nat mehlaa 4.
Nat, Fourth Mehl:
ਮਨ ਮਿਲੁ ਸੰਤ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸੁਭਵੰਤੀ ॥
man mil santsangat subhvantee.
O mind, join the Society of the Saints, and become noble and exalted.
ਸੁਨਿ ਅਕਥ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਖਵੰਤੀ ॥
sun akath kathaa sukhvantee.
Listen to the Unspoken Speech of the peace-giving Lord.
ਸਭ ਕਿਲਬਿਖ ਪਾਪ ਲਹੰਤੀ ॥
sabh kilbikh paap lahantee.
All sins will be washed away.
ਹਰਿ ਹੋ ਹੋ ਹੋ ਲਿਖਤੁ ਲਿਖੰਤੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har ho ho ho likhat likhantee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Meet with the Lord, according to your pre-ordained destiny. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Join good company, O my mind, and you grow noble and bright.
Listen for the beautiful story too deep for words, and old troubles wash away.
Keeping good company lifts you — and there's a beautiful story too deep for words to listen for.
The rahao: "join the Society of the Saints and become noble... listen to the Unspoken Speech (akath kathaa); all sins will be washed away." Good company lifts you, and there's a deep goodness — a "story too deep for words" — to listen for within it. For a child: keeping good company lifts you, and there's a beautiful story too deep for words to listen for.
A Question to Sit With
What good thing do you 'hear' when you're quiet and among kind people?
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