Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 129
Verse 4 of 5

The Priceless Treasure of a Human Life

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਗਾ ॥ ਧਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਸਭਾਗਾ ॥
saaDhsang jaa ka-o har rang laagaa. Dhan Dhan so jan purakh sabhaagaa.
Blessed, blessed is the most fortunate servant of the Lord, who is imbued with the Lord's Love, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
ਈਤ ਊਤ ਜਨ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਹੇਲੇ ॥
eet oot jan sadaa suhaylay.
Here and there, the humble servants of the Lord are always happy.
ਜਨਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਜੀਤਿ ਅਮੋਲੇ ॥੩॥
janam padaarath jeet amolay. ||3||
They win the priceless treasure of this human life. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Here is the happy heart of it all: the one who fills their days with love, in the warm company of good and kind people, is truly fortunate.

Wherever they go, they carry a quiet gladness with them. They have won the most precious prize there is — a human life, spent well and full of love.

A human life filled with love and good company is the most precious prize there is.
The deeper layer

saadhsang jaa ka-o har rang laagaa — one colored with love in the company of the holy (saadh sangat). eet oot jan sadaa suhaylay — happy here and hereafter. janam padaarath jeet amolay — winning the priceless treasure of human birth. This is the shabad's bright center: the life spent in love and good company is the life fully won.

A Question to Sit With

Who are the good and kind people whose company makes you a warmer person?

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