Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 29
Verse 2 of 3

Millions of Wanderings, One Sangat

ਕੋਟਿ ਜਨਮ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਆਇਓ ॥
kot janam bharam bharam bharam aa-i-o.
Through millions of incarnations, you have come, wandering, wandering, wandering.
ਬਡੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਸਾਧਸੰਗੁ ਪਾਇਓ ॥੧॥
badai bhaag saaDhsang paa-i-o. ||1||
By the highest destiny, you found the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Through millions of lives you have come, wandering, wandering, wandering.

By the highest good fortune, you have found the Sangat, the gathering of holy people.

Finding the Sangat is one of life's greatest strokes of fortune.
The deeper layer

After a vast wandering, the highest fortune is finding the Sangat.

Kot janam bharam... aa-i-o — a vast wandering brings you here. Badai bhaag saaDhsang paa-i-o — by the highest fortune you find the saadhsang, the Sangat: people gathered together to remember the One. Finding them is itself grace.

A Question to Sit With

When did you last feel lucky to be with the right people?

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