Sikhism·Siree Raag·Ashtapadee 6
Verse 5 of 9

In the Society of the Saints, He Is Found

ਸੰਤਾਂ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਜੇ ਮੇਲੇ ਮੇਲਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
santaaN sangat paa-ee-ai jay maylay maylanhaar.
In the Society of the Saints, He is found, if the Uniter unites us.
ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਵਿਛੁੜੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਅਪਾਰ ॥
mili-aa ho-ay na vichhurhai jis antar jot apaar.
One whose heart is filled with His Infinite Light meets with Him, and shall never again be separated from Him.
ਸਚੈ ਆਸਣਿ ਸਚਿ ਰਹੈ ਸਚੈ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪਿਆਰ ॥੪॥
sachai aasan sach rahai sachai paraym pi-aar. ||4||
True is his position; he abides in Truth, with love and affection for the True One. ||4||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

In the Society of the Saints, He is found, if the Uniter unites us.

One whose heart is filled with His Infinite Light meets with Him and shall never again be separated.

True is his position. He abides in Truth, with love and affection for the True One.

Once the Infinite Light fills the heart, there is never again separation — the union is too complete for division.
The deeper layer

This one says we find the One among good people, but the meeting itself is a gift.

Santaan sangat paa-ee-ai: He is found in the company of saints, good and loving people. Jay maylay maylanhaar: but only if the Uniter brings us together. The good company is like the setting. The meeting itself is the One's own doing. Think of a school dance. You can show up and stand in the hall, but a friend still has to come and take your hand.

Mili-aa ho-ay na vichhurhai jis antar jot apaar: someone whose heart is lit with the endless Light meets Him and is never parted again. Why? Not because the soul becomes tough and unbreakable. It is because the joining is so complete that being apart no longer makes sense. A drop of water that has poured into the ocean can't be picked back out.

Sachai paraym pi-aar: such a person rests in Truth, full of love for the True One.

A Question to Sit With

Have you ever experienced a connection — to a person, to the divine, to something larger than yourself — that felt genuinely permanent, not something that could be taken away?

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