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Verse 4 of 4

Near Good People, the Heart Bathes Clean

ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੜਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਿਆ ਹੰਉ ਤਿਨ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਏ ॥
jinee sachrhaa sach sahaali-aa haN-u tin laaga-o paa-ay.
I fall at the feet of those who praise the Truest of the True.
ਸੇ ਜਨ ਸਚੇ ਨਿਰਮਲੇ ਤਿਨ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਮਲੁ ਸਭ ਜਾਏ ॥
say jan sachay nirmalay tin mili-aa mal sabh jaa-ay.
Those humble beings are true, and immaculately pure; meeting them, all filth is washed off.
ਤਿਨ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਮਲੁ ਸਭ ਜਾਏ ਸਚੈ ਸਰਿ ਨਾਏ ਸਚੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਏ ॥
tin mili-aa mal sabh jaa-ay sachai sar naa-ay sachai sahj subhaa-ay.
Meeting them, all filth is washed off; bathing in the Pool of Truth, one becomes truthful, with intuitive ease.
ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਅਗਮੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦੀਆ ਬੁਝਾਏ ॥
naam niranjan agam agochar satgur dee-aa bujhaa-ay.
The True Guru has given me the realization of the Naam, the Immaculate Name of the Lord, the unfathomable, the imperceptible.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥
an-din bhagat karahi rang raatay naanak sach samaa-ay.
Those who perform devotional worship to the Lord night and day, are imbued with His Love; O Nanak, they are absorbed in the True Lord.
ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੜਾ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਹੰਉ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਏ ॥੪॥੪॥
jinee sachrhaa sach Dhi-aa-i-aa haN-u tin kai laaga-o paa-ay. ||4||4||
I fall at the feet of those who meditate on the Truest of the True. ||4||4||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I look up to the people who love and praise what is truest.

Near them, the heart gets washed clean, like bathing in a clear, pure pool.

A heart that keeps the good close, day and night, rests peacefully in what's true.

Being near genuinely good people washes your heart clean, like bathing in a clear, pure pool.
The deeper layer

The shabad closes in humble admiration: "I fall at the feet of those who praise the Truest of the True." Near genuinely good people, "all filth is washed off... bathing in the Pool of Truth, one becomes truthful, with intuitive ease." Good company is a clean pool you bathe in — the raag's steady teaching that the company you keep shapes you. The colophon (||4||4||) closes the Mehl 3 block. For a child: being near genuinely good people washes your heart clean, like bathing in a clear, pure pool.

A Question to Sit With

Who is like a 'clear pool' whose company leaves you feeling clean and refreshed?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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