Category: General

Kabir in Gurbani

“Kabeer garab na keejiye, rank na hasiye koe,
Aja hu naao samund mein, kya jana kya hoye”
{ O Kabeer, don’t ever be proud or laugh at other’s misery,
Your boat is still in the world-ocean, who knows what may happen with you?}

“Kabeer aisa ko nahi, mandar de-e jarae,
Pancho larke maarke, rahe Raam lio lae”
{ O Kabeer, is there anyone who can burn his own house (‘mind’),
kill his five sons (lust, ire,avarice,attachment,ego) to remain lovingly attached to the Lord?)

“Kabeer charan kamal ki mouj ko, keh kese unmaan,
Kehbe ko sobha nahin dekhat hi parvaan”
{ O Kabeer, the ecstatic enjoyment of the Divine (enlightenment) is ineffable.
Describing it in words is doing injustice to it, it’s splendor is only to be self-experienced}

“Kabeer meri jaat ko, sabko hasne haar,
Balhari is jaat ko, jeh japyo sirjanhaar”
{ O Kabeer, everyone laughs at my social caste,
but, I am a sacrifice to it, as I got to meditate on the Creator in it.}