Verse 4 of 5
Bathing in the Company of the Good, the Coming and Going Ends
ਸੰਤ ਸਰੋਵਰ ਨਾਵੈ ॥
sant sarovar naavai.
One who bathes in the healing pool of the Saints,
ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
so jan param gat paavai.
that humble being obtains the supreme status.
ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਈ ॥
marai na aavai jaa-ee.
He does not die, or come and go in reincarnation;
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈ ॥੩॥
har har naam Dhi-aa-ee. ||3||
he meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
One who bathes in the company of the good-hearted reaches the highest, steadiest place.
The endless coming and going settles down, because they keep the Name in mind.
A settled heart stops being thrown back and forth by every wave.
Param gat -- the supreme state. Marai na aavai jaa-ee -- the restless cycle of coming and going stills; not a promise about biology but about a heart that has stopped being tossed back and forth.
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