Just as a cloth not washed with water remains dirty; and the hair remains disheveled and entangled without application of oil;
Just as a glass not cleaned cannot let the light come through and just as no crop grows in a field without rain,
Just as a house remains in darkness without a lamp and just as food tastes insipid without salt and ghee,
Similarly without the company of saintly souls and devotees of the True Guru, the distress of repeated births and death cannot be wiped out. Nor can worldly fears and suspicions be destroyed without practicing on the sermon of the True Guru. (537)