Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O Siblings of Destiny — meet with your spiritual friend and dwell upon the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
The True Guru, the Primal Being, is your Friend — who shall drive out pain and subdue your ego.
The spiritual friend is not just a companion. They are the one who goes after what actually hurts you.
The rahao identifies the True Guru as saajan (spiritual friend, dear companion) — the intimate relational term Guru Ram Das uses throughout. And names specifically what this Friend does: drives out dukh (pain) and subdues haumai (ego).
These are the two things that actually need addressing. The Friend who addresses them is worth more than any other kind of friend. In the Punjab of Guru Ram Das's time, the saajan was the most trusted relationship — the friend you could be completely honest with. He is saying: the Guru is that, and more.
Who is the person in your life you can be most completely honest with — who knows your pain and your ego without flinching? What does that relationship give you?
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