Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By the destiny my past actions shaped, I searched and found the One.
The Lord of the World lives in the Sangat, among holy people.
Meeting the Guru, I have come to Your door.
Nanak says: O Lord, let Your servant see You.
The One lives in the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One — and the heart that arrives there asks only to see.
"Kirat sanjogee" means by the meeting of past actions — a light touch on karma understood as the deep currents that shape a life. "SaaDhsangat" is where the seeker is pointed to find the One. The closing "darsan dayh" (grant me the vision) is the humble ask that ends the shabad: a longing to see.
Who are the people who make you want to be kinder and truer? What is it about being near them?
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