Sikhism·Raag Saarang·Shabad 136
Verse 2 of 3

Blessed Is Such a Birth

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਜਪਤੇ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਦੋਖ ਜਰੇ ॥
saaDhsang japtay naaraa-in tin kay dokh jaray.
Those who meditate on the Lord in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy - the guilt of their mistakes is burnt away.
ਸਫਲ ਦੇਹ ਧੰਨਿ ਓਇ ਜਨਮੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਲੇ ॥੧॥
safal dayh Dhan o-ay janmay parabh kai sang ralay. ||1||
Fruitful is the body, and blessed is the birth of those who merge with God. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

When you remember the One in the Sangat, the weight of your past mistakes lifts off you — burned clean, like a page wiped fresh so you can start again.

A body lived close to the One bears fruit. Blessed is the birth of those who blend with the One.

Turn toward the One and past mistakes are wiped clean — a life spent close to the One counts.
The deeper layer

In the Sangat, remembering the One lets go of the weight of our mistakes.

Saadhsang is the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. There, people remember Naaraa-in, a name for the One.

"Dokh jaray" means their mistakes are burned away. The mistakes are not held over them forever. Think of a whiteboard wiped clean, ready for a fresh start.

Then the verse says, "safal dayh dhan o-ay janmay," fruitful is the body, and blessed is the birth. A life becomes safal, worthwhile, when it is lived close to the One.

A Question to Sit With

What helps you let go of an old mistake so it stops weighing you down?

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