Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A forgetful heart can wander into all sorts of restless, unsettled states, tossed from one to the next.
Nanak says: sing to the One in the Sangat, and none of it can touch you — you stay safe and whole.
A heart that forgets gets tossed from one restless state to the next; in the Sangat it is safe.
The list of births — pas parayt usat garDhabh, beasts, ghosts, camels, donkeys — pictures a life tossed from one form to another, never settling. Bhaj saaDhsang gobind is singing to the One in the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. Kachh na laagai fayt — nothing harms you at all. The heavy arc, piling weight and sudden reckoning, lands in a single safe place: the Sangat and a shared song.
Who are the people that steady you when your mind gets restless?
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